Table of Contents | Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13     TOOLS Best Practices Summary Charts How to Use This Handbook Acronym Glossary Navigating This Site RESOURCES References Information on Authors & Sponsors Climate Change Links How to Contact Us       1.2 How to Use This Handbook To compile this Handbook, available information was summarized from public and private reports, activities/experiences, programs and power sector experts. Reference to particular experiences, programs or U.S. utilities is not meant to be inclusive, but only illustrative based on the information sources accessible during preparation of the Handbook. The most effective use of this Handbook by developing country utilities and regulatory agencies is as a screening tool to: identify alternative "best practices" being performed within each segment of the U.S. power industry, evaluate the characteristics of these practices and technologies (i.e., actions), appreciate the issues associated with implementing these actions, understand the type of emissions mitigation effect produced by each action (i.e., avoid, offset or reduce) and the conditions under which the action will result in the desired effect, compare the GHG emissions effect and cost-effectiveness of actions, and locate resources and contacts to obtain more detailed information. The Handbook does not provide a methodology for 1) preparing a baseline emissions inventory, 2) defining a response strategy, or 3) projecting the impact of alternative power sector actions on GHG emission trends. There are a number of other reports, models and programs available to serve these functions. For example: Greenhouse Gas Assessment Handbook—U.S. Country Studies Program Guidelines for Climate Change Global Overlays—World Bank Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Assessment: A Guidebook—World Bank Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Technical Guidelines for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations Steps in Preparing Climate Change Action Plans: A Handbook—U.S. Country Studies Program             Previous Page | Next Page