Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index.

History of power in the United States: green is the new red, white, and blue -- Generating sources: thinking outside the grid -- Centralized and decentralized power generation: just in time solutions -- Post deregulation realities: follow the money -- Best practices of power conservation and creation: in search of "negawatts" -- Data center and mission critical power needs: the impact of Moore's law -- Farmatopia or Framageddon: sustainable and commercially viable power sources -- Financial impact of the changing power paradigm: green gold -- Global warming: the cost of doing business moving forward: plan now or pay later -- The government's role: leading or following -- Acts of God, human intervention and power: a perfect storm forming -- Abstract of the energy benefits for the Emergency Stabilization Act of 2008.