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· Letters from Readers - August 19, 2010
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· California's Solar Lead
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Friday, August 13, 2010
· China's Opportunity
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
· Analyzing Coal's Future
Monday, August 09, 2010
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Friday, August 06, 2010
· Leading the Smart Grid Charge
Thursday, August 05, 2010
· Letters from Readers - August 05, 2010
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
· Capturing Carbon with Federal Money
Monday, August 02, 2010
· WiMAX and Smart Grid

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 The Copenhagen Talks

January 04, 2010

The New Year is ringing in renewed hope. And so it is with the framers of the most recent global climate change accord. And while those advocates for change have fallen short of winning approval to make immediate and deep cuts in carbon emissions, they are vowing to continue their fight into 2010.

With 192 nations having joined the Copenhagen talks, firm obligations were always considered elusive. Most in the global community did express the desire to gradually transform their energy production. But only a core element made the steadfast pledge to notably reduce their carbon emissions. As such, the parties will keep working and striving to reach the air quality standards that they say are necessary.

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Topic: Environmental News
 When We're 65

December 30, 2009

The utility industry is getting older. By some estimates, nearly half of today's workforce will be eligible for retirement in the next decade. Years of hard-won knowledge seem doomed to disappear just as utilities are implementing smart grid initiatives and benefiting from improved data collection and opportunities for advanced customer communications and energy efficiency. Is this a perfect storm?

Are veteran utility leaders dreaming about golf courses and easy chairs rather than smart grid technologies just when their experience is most needed? Philadelphia-based PECO Energy, which serves approximately 2 million electric and natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in California don't think so.

Posted by webmaster on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 08:14:15 EST (996 reads)
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Topic: Food For Thought
 New Innovation

December 28, 2009

Jim Avery, senior vice president of power supply for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), has a story to tell about smart grid technology and workforce education. This pairing has really taken off at his utility and throughout the area.

"The story is really about the power industry. More will happen in our industry in the next 10 years than has happened over the past hundred years. Now we have smart grid and there's the potential for all sorts of change -- it tells us about outages, is capable of self healing and requires no human intervention," Avery said.

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Topic: Energy News
 Natural Gas' Fortunes

December 23, 2009

Energy's future may have come to light with Exxon Mobil Corp.'s proposed purchase of XTO Energy. If ExxonMobil's predictions are right, unconventional formations such as shale would provide significantly more of this country's generation and transportation fuels.

Texas-based XTO, which has the resource equivalent of 45 trillion cubic feet of shale gas, shale oil and coal-bed methane, might be the perfect fit for ExxonMobil -- or any deep-pocketed oil partner, for that matter. Indeed, Big Oil has made huge profits from high-priced gasoline in recent years and that money must get reinvested. By betting on natural gas, ExxonMobil is saying that fossil fuels will remain paramount but that tighter air quality restrictions are coming; natural gas emits far fewer emissions than either oil or coal.

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Topic: Energy News
 Demonstrating Storage Devices

December 21, 2009

Balancing the electricity load is a difficult job. The hard part is maintaining that portion of the system that often sits idle but which is necessary to meet high energy times.

Enter energy storage, where the electricity can be housed during periods of less demand and then subsequently set free when it is needed most. That, in essence, contributes to a more efficient production and delivery process while also adding to the potential for alternative sources. Stated differently, users can power-up with a "battery" or other device instead of directly from a congested grid or maxed-out power plants.

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