{"product_id":"soul-of-the-grid-a-cultural-biography-of-the-california-independent-system-operator-paperback","title":"Soul of the Grid: A Cultural Biography of the California Independent System Operator - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur J. O'Donnell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I felt like we had failed,\" said director of grid operations Jim Detmers in a pained voice. \"In my mind, I pictured people stranded in elevators. I pictured people stranded in stores and checkout lines. All I could think of was the Inconvenience, and I'm sitting here thinking...thinking, what rock did we not look under to maybe prevent this?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the focal point of an unprecedented power crisis that has tarnished the Golden State, the California Independent System Operator (California ISO) carries the mixed burden of being a disaster survivor. Established to maintain electrical system reliability for the world's fifth-largest economy, California ISO has been both praised and vilified for its efforts amidst the chaos of blackouts, price volatility, political backlash, and market manipulations by Enron and other ruthless competitors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book chronicles how the California ISO came to be and what happened during its first five years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore importantly, though, this is the story of the people who make up California ISO and give it an identifiable character and culture--its soul. The result is a very human drama that is otherwise unavailable from the regulatory record or media accounts of California's unparalleled power emergency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9.12 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45588387692646,"sku":"9780595293483","price":29.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/vMnPXLQTV69780595293483.webp?v=1777986017","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/soul-of-the-grid-a-cultural-biography-of-the-california-independent-system-operator-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}