Emera to Acquire Maine & Maritimes Corporation

Maine & Maritimes Corporation (NYSE Amex: MAM) and Emera Inc. more...

Blumenthal Wants Safety Answers About NRG Job Cuts

NRG Energy should specify how many workers it plans to eliminate at each of its Connecticut power plants and provide assurance that the job cuts won't compromise operations or safety, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said. more...

Council to mull a city energy cooperative

Philadelphia City Council will consider establishing Philadelphia's own energy cooperative to harness consumer buying power to offset an expected spike in electricity prices next year. more...

VY plans more leak inspections

The condensate storage tank at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant may be inspected a third time to determine if it is leaking tritiated water into the ground under the plant. more...

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Smart Grid Webinar: WAN Communications for Distribution Networking

Mar 17, 2010 - 1:00 PM EST - Internet

This webinar discusses the role of the distribution grid within the context of a broader Smart Grid communications network. more...

Reshaping the Customer Relationship through Smart Grid

Mar 18, 2010 - 12:00 ET - Your City

Join distinguished industry leaders and Marty Rosenberg, editor-in-chief of EnergyBiz magazine, to discuss how smart grid is causing utilities and their customers to fundamentally rethink how they do business. more...

How Optimization Addresses Your Most Critical Issues in Energy & Power

Mar 19, 2010 - 1:30PM Eastern - Your City

One IBM client is saving over $65 thousand per day on unit commitment while reducing its carbon footprint by 100 thousand tons annually. Unit commitment applications based on IBM optimization technologies are running at major system operators; one of them has reduced annual costs by an estimated $200 million. more...

Compensation Trends 2010: Rewarding Talent in a Changing Market

Mar 23, 2010 - 12:00 ET - Your City

Get the big picture on shifting compensation trends in the energy industry and hear from a senior consultant at Hewitt on how these trends impact a utility's ability to acquire and retain top talent. more...

Take the Next Step with Mobility in the Field

Mar 30, 2010 - 2:00 P.M. PST - Your City

Join industry experts from Ventyx, Panasonic and Sybase on Tuesday March 30th at 2:00pm EDT for a one hour webcast on how you can take the next step in mobile workforce management. The webcast will provide a comprehensive mobile strategy that includes the right devices, the right applications and the right tools to accomplish virtually all field work with a unified mobile solution. more...

2nd Annual Thin Film Solar Summit Europe

Mar 17, 2010 - Mar 18, 2010 - Berlin Germany

The conference will provide a comprehensive analysis of the thin film industry and its key challenges in an interactive manner. Leading companies will share their experiences through panel debates and high-level presentations. A great opportunity to network with the whole thin film community, not to be missed! more...

KEMA's 21st Executive Forum

Mar 30, 2010 - Mar 31, 2010 - Irving, TX - USA

As the leading event in the US retail energy industry, KEMA's Executive Forum will gather senior executives, regulators, energy buyers, investors and other stakeholders from across North America to discuss the key business and policy issues facing retail energy markets.

Join 300 senior energy industry professionals, state and federal regulators, investors, large energy buyers, brokers, and vendors for two days of insight and networking. more...

US Wind Energy Operations and Maintenance Summit

Apr 20, 2010 - Apr 21, 2010 - Dallas, TX - USA

Operating and Maintaining wind farms costs big money and can make a big dent in your bottom line. But that cost can be significantly reduced by adopting outstanding O&M strategies that will reduce downtime and improve the performance of your wind farm. more...

Essentials of Energy Risk Management

Apr 13, 2010 - Apr 14, 2010 - Houston, TX - USA

The volatility of energy prices has highlighted the need for energy professionals in all areas to develop a functional proficiency in the management of energy risks. This program imparts a practical understanding of the array of tools and concepts that are at the core of the contemporary energy markets. more...

Electric Business Understanding Seminar

Apr 19, 2010 - Apr 20, 2010 - Chicago, IL - USA

Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the electric industry. Position yourself for career advancement by gaining a solid understanding of how the electric business works including key physical, market, and regulatory aspects and how market participants navigate this complex business to achieve success. See event website for additional dates and locations. more...

Electric Market Dynamics Seminar

Apr 21, 2010 - Apr 22, 2010 - Chicago, IL - USA

Electric Market Dynamics offers participants an in-depth understanding of North American electric markets and how they function. Enhance your career by furthering your knowledge of market structures, pricing mechanisms, services offered in markets, and how various participants use the markets to manage risk and enhance opportunity. See event website for additional dates and locations. more...

 
 

Is the Smart Grid that is Being Pushed a Costly Mistake?

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - The main argument is that, by inaction, each State Government should be responsible to their constituencies for a very costly more...

High Level ENERGY Conferencing

Blogger Photo By Martin Rosenberg - Call it a most intriguing circuit. Many of them were there last week at our landmark EnergyBiz Leadership Forum. There more...

Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings - 3 podcasts

By Denis DuBois - There are only 8 ZEBs in the U.S. at this writing, but that's about to change. Visionaries are thinking about more...

Did energy cause this mess?

Blogger Photo By Elisa Wood Lisa Cohn - By Elisa Wood March 11, 2010 Much of today's economic debate boils down to these questions: How did we get more...

Weaving the Threads: Perspectives from the American Coal Council's Spring Meeting

Blogger Photo By Peter Spinney - I was recently asked to make a presentation at the American Coal Council's Spring Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida about more...

Unleashing Design Thinking in the Power Industry by Reframing

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Design Thinking demand side radical disruptive innovations to the power industry at the "fuzzy front end" are facilitated with a more...
 

Smart Grid 2.0

By Jack Ellis -
Back in 2005, a couple of engineers used the term "Smart Grid" to describe their vision of an advanced power system. Particularly in the aftermath of the 2003 Northeast Blackout, more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

How Essential is the Smart Grid?

By Shehu Khaleel -
Utility companies generate, transmit and distribute energy to consumers. This can be done more efficiently, cost-effectively and remain sustainable by designing an electric system that integrates smart devices, critical data more...
Filed under: Grid Operations

Management In Real Life: Improving Performance: The Five-Step Plan

By Kevin Herring -
When we go to a doctor for a health problem, the doctor will ask a few questions, poke us where it hurts, and often write a prescription for whatever ails more...
Filed under: Human Resourcess

Doing More With Less: Paying for Performance in the New Economic Reality

By Lori Wisper -
The "great recession" of 2008-2009 has resulted in unprecedented cost-cutting actions for most organizations - especially cuts related to compensation. The issue of how economic conditions have impacted overall compensation more...
Filed under: Human Resourcess

Meeting the Energy Needs of Large Business Customers: Results from a large market research study

By Chad Garrett -
Large businesses are sophisticated energy consumers and they expect a correspondingly high level of service from their energy providers. Utility account representatives know that providing reliable energy and an accurate more...
Filed under: Billing & Customer Care
 
 

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