Background
Witt, Tom was born on April 22, 1944 in Borger, Texas, United States. Son of Eugene Thomason and Helen C. (Hathaway) Witt.
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Power From the Appalachians: A Solution to the Northeast's Electricity Problems? (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
( This book grew out of a study that was commissioned by ...)
This book grew out of a study that was commissioned by the West Virginia University Energy and Water Research Center. It was designed to assess the impact of electricity imports on West Virginia's economy and to determine what efforts, if any, should be made to increase electricity exports. Because organizations involved in the electricity industry operate on the multi-state level, the outcome is a work that considers the electricity trade from the Appalachians to the Northeast and the physical, political, geographic, and economic factors influencing this trade now and in the future. Early chapters provide an introduction to and overview of the American electricity industry. Twenty years ago energy forecasters predicted that electricity demand would grow at a healthy rate and that the only way to satisfy future demand was to build new, and usually larger, power plants. Little, if any, thought was given to electricity conservation, alternatives to centralized power plants, or changing demand patterns. This mentality brought disaster to many utility companies that ordered unnecessarily expensive power plants. Recent thinking dictates that the nation has sufficient generating supply, conservation can reduce the need for power plants, and those plants that are needed can be smaller, locally-sited facilities. This perception is quickly changing, the authors contend, as certain regions are now in a dangerous position because energy demand is increasing and existing capacity is aging. The balance of the book discusses the steps that must be taken to insure cost-effective use of electricity and the addition of new supplies. Among the issues considered are the power trade alternative; the economic impacts of the electricity industry, (using West Virginia as a test case); acid rain; Canadian power imports; siting energy facilities; and the cost-effectiveness of the various strategies. Given the diverse backgrounds of the coauthors, this book will have widespread appeal in the fields of economics, electrical engineering, geography, mineral resource economics, and political science. Members of the electrical industry itself should also consider this book as they grapple with guaranteeing the nation's energy supply into the next century.
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Tom Witt
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Tom Witt, American Economics researcher, educator. E-mail: [email protected].
Education
Bachelor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1966. Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1974.
Career
Assistant professor, Department Economics, W.V. U., Morgantown, 1970-1975;
associate professor, Department Economics, W.V. U., Morgantown, 1975-1980;
acting assistant dean, Graduate School, W.V. U., Morgantown, 1977-1978;
executive director, Bureau of Business Research, W.V. U., Morgantown, since 1985;
director, Center Economics Research, West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1985;
acting associate dean, College Business and Economics, W.V. U., Morgantown, 1985-1986;
associate dean research and outreach College Business and Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1994. Consultant National Regulatory Research Institute, Columbia, Ohio, 1980-1981, American Electric Power, since 1995, Allegheny Power, since 1997, executive legislation branch Government West Virginia, since 1985. Consultant, expert witness West Virginia Human Rights Commission, Charleston, 1984.
Expert witness West Virginia Attorney General, 1987-1988, Ashland Oil, 1992-1993.
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Power From the Appalachians: A Solution to the Northeast's Electricity Problems? (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
( This book grew out of a study that was commissioned by ...)
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Power From the Appalachians: A Solution to the Northeast's Electricity Problems? (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
Membership
President Cheat Canyon Park Homeowners, Morgantwon, 1979-1987, Monongalia Arts Center, 1980-1981. Board directors, treasurer Friends of West Virginia Public Radio, Charleston, 1985-1993, chairman, 1989-1991. Secretary-treasurer Cheat Neck Public Svc.
District, 1989-1995, Main Street Morgantown, since 1994. Member Monongalia County Economics Development Authority, since 1994. Member American Economics Association, American Statistical Association, Regional Science Association, Southern Economics Association.
Connections
Married Grethe A. Myles, March 4, 1976.
