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U.S. power grid seen as vulnerable to cyberattack from Iran

May 23 - Portland Press Herald - Several major U.S. utilities are under "constant" cyberattack and haven't taken precautions to protect critical systems from Iran, North Korea and other adversaries, according to a congressional survey of more than 100 companies accounting for much of the nation's power system. more...
Filed under: Communications & Security

PG&E, Energy Commission Unveil Battery Energy Storage In San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission today unveiled an innovative battery energy storage system pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. more...
Filed under: Energy Storage

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Files to Build Environmentally Balanced Energy Facility

GLEN ALLEN, Va., May 23, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) this week applied to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to construct a natural gas-powered electric generation facility in Cecil County, Maryland. more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Public, officials debate Duke Energy rate hike

May 24 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Mike Conley The McDowell News, Marion, N.C. - More than 50 people attended the Wednesday evening hearing at the McDowell County Courthouse about Duke Energy's request for yet another rate increase. more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

PNNL staff recognized for scientific accomplishments, moving technologies into the marketplace

May 23, 2013 -- ENERGY DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory honored more than 165 staff for their creation, development and commercialization of intellectual property at PNNL's annual Intellectual Property Commercialization Recognition & Rewards Program banquet. more...
Filed under: Business & Corporate

PPL to add distribution improvement charge to bills

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Scott Kraus The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) - PPL Utilities customers will soon see a new addition to their bills: a special charge aimed at financing speedier improvements to the Allentown-based utility's electricity distribution system. more...
Filed under: Billing & Customer Care
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A Carbon Tax Would Destroy America

Posted By: Alan Caruba
On: May 24, 2013
If you want to know what a carbon tax on emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) would do to America you need only look at the destruction of industry and business more...
Filed under: Policy, Regulatory & Legal

Beware of Energy Complacency: Sic Transit Gloria

Posted By: Christopher Russell
On: May 23, 2013
The business news media has been buzzing recently with the apparent reversal of America's energy fortunes. Advanced drilling and extraction techniques are boosting domestic fossil fuel production. A Citigroup forecast more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Storing Energy from the Sea

Posted By: Eric Hahn P.E.
On: May 22, 2013
In February of this year the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center - Coastal Hydraulics Lab (ERDC-CHL) reported that it had deployed the largest Wave Energy more...
Filed under: Energy Storage

Management Perspective Combustion Residues

Posted By: Richard Goodwin
On: May 21, 2013
Two decades ago one of my books focused on Municipal Waste Combustion Residue or Incinerator (1). Over the last two decades the controversy has shifted from this material to Coal more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Let's Democratize Demand Response - Power from the People!

Posted By: Marc Tannenbaum
On: May 20, 2013
Demand Response (DR) in the Texas restructured market seems to be on verge of becoming the next big thing. Unfortunately, it has been on the verge of being the next more...
Filed under: Demand Response
 
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The Promise of Smart Grid - Improving Operations Today for a More Profitable Future

 Wednesday Jun 19, 2013 - 1:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

This webcast features perspectives from operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) as well as the general industry outlook, to provide attendees insight into the challenges utilities are facing today as well as a holistic view into smart grid strategies to enhance efficiency, responsiveness and profitability across the energy value chain. more...

Securing the Grid

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Grid threats increase daily - from foreign foes, terrorists, criminals and hackers. Utilities are tasked with guarding against a rising tide of potentially disruptive intrusions into their power grid and electronic networks. What will it take to keep the power system secure - who will orchestrate the effort, what will it cost and who pays? more...
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Waste Conversion Congress East Coast

 Monday Jun 17, 2013 - Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 - Boston, Massachusetts - USA

Deliver a profitable and operational waste conversion project by securing finance, feedstock and approval more...

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 Monday Jun 24, 2013 - Tuesday Jun 25, 2013 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA

Data Informed´s Marketing Analytics and Customer Engagement provides marketing, sales, and customer support managers with the information they need to create an effective data-driven customer strategy. more...
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Lost a bit of respect for CBO due to this report

By Mark Wooldridge - CBO Releases Important Carbon Tax Report - Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the policy implications more...
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Today's Energy Market Analysis - 24-05-2013

By Dan Birkett -   Today's energy price report has been published looking at the latest gas, power and oil prices and the different more...
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Next Up - The Transactive Explosion

By Martin Rosenberg - There was smart grid. Then there was information analytics. Next up, some very smart energy researchers and thinkers believe, is more...
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The Black Swan Blog: An Ancient Energy Source Re-imagined

By Davis Swan - Its time for another of those blog posts that is a bit “out there”.  In this case I would like more...
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