The Information River
By Joe KovacsInformation has become one of the most valuable commodities as emerging technologies help individuals manage data with ease and reliability. For utilities, the smart grid is creating opportunities to learn...
Solar India and its Parallel Universe
By Braham Singh - CEO, The Red Snapper (M) Sdn.Bhd.One can be driven to distraction trying to reconcile the buzz around Indian pronouncements on things solar, with a parallel universe of ground realities....
Maine's new CFL recycling program: Should manufacturers pay?
By Alexandra Behringer - Research Manager, E SOURCEMaine is the first state in the United States to require manufacturers of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to pay for collection and recycling of the bulbs. "An Act to...
Energy Market Imperfections: Sizing the Fixed Price Penalty from DSM Expansion
By Brooks Albery - Principal, Opinari Research Associates, LLCThe market for Energy Efficiency (EE) is large, highly fragmented, and includes many specific and challenging market 'imperfections' that need to be addressed before EE can live up to its...
Energy Trading Compliance Programs: Basic Components in a Changing Energy Regulatory Environment
By Glenn Reitman - Partner, Thompson & Knight LLPCurrently energy trading in the United States, both physical and financial, is regulated by the federal government. One of the theories behind such regulation is to facilitate just and reasonable...
Energy Economics and Some Energy Myths for the 21st Century
By Ferdinand E. BanksThe title of this contribution is almost identical to the one I used for a paper that I published in the OPEC Bulletin ten years ago. During those wonderful days...
Term and Spot Contracts -- Finding a Balance
By Kapil Veluri - Senior Consultant, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.Trade flows are fundamentally driven by the "supply-demand" balance in any market, be it oil, money, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, apparel, etc. The footprint of "supply-demand" is apparent in each and...
Sensing Limbs: Electronic Vegetation Management in Action
By William AtkinsonFor most utilities, using smart grid technology for vegetation management information is still in the theoretical stages, and it will be well into the future before it is actually implemented....
Digging for Coal Will Gradually End in Digging Our Own Graves
By Ramanathan Menon - Editor and Publisher, Sun PowerThe 'God Almighty' or 'Mother Nature' had given us an enchanting planet, a planet that had everything in its surface for the humankind to live a happy and peaceful life....
BLM: The Colossal Snafu of the 21st Century
By Fred Kesinger - Senior Executive, Everest Consulting PartnersThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has come under harsh criticism during the last part of 2008 and the early part of 2009 for creating a monstrous backlog of solar...










