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Least-Cost Planning — An Instrument for Minimization of Social Costs

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Social Costs and Sustainability
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There are two points where the concept of Least-Cost Planning (LCP, which is used here in the same sense as the more modern wording of Integrated Resource Planning-IRP) and the concept of “external” social costs, especially environmental costs, interact.

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Thomas, S. (1997). Least-Cost Planning — An Instrument for Minimization of Social Costs. In: Hohmeyer, O., Rennings, K., Ottinger, R.L. (eds) Social Costs and Sustainability. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60365-5_14

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