utility-markets grid-basics
Why this book is here
Rooftop and balcony solar change what a household buys from these markets, but the markets themselves set the rules of the game. Understanding capacity charges and market governance turns utility bill line items from mystery into mechanism.
The summary
Angwin explains how organized electricity markets actually compensate power plants, and why the visible auction price is the beginning of the story rather than the end. She walks through capacity markets, reliability requirements, and the closed-door structures that set what generators and, eventually, customers pay. The book is written from inside the industry and names the mechanisms most reporting skips.
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