When PPL won the auction to acquire E.ON's Kentucky utilities in April, the stock plunged nearly 10 percent and left many investors scratching their heads. In fact, the stock started its steep downward spiral a few days before the actual sale when the Allentown, Pa.-based company was named by E.ON as one of three potential buyers for the assets.
August 9, 2010

Utilities are busily crafting plans to add some smarts to their grids, which will enable them to monitor usage information in real time. For these new capabilities to take shape, they will need networks capable of moving information from their data centers to customer sites.
August 2, 2010

The Wichita lineman may still have a job in the utility of the future, but he won't be driving alone down the main road searching for an overload. He, or she, will be part of a mobile unit dispatched by a computer that identified a problem as soon as it occurred and may be called something like a "field technologist."
May 19, 2010

When major institutional investors and venture capitalists start investing in alternative and low-carbon energy companies, it is noteworthy.
April 5, 2010

A few letters we received on topics that appeared in the past few weeks. They capture the essence of how many readers say they feel.
March 18, 2010

"Public awareness is always the first step in winning a political battle in the United States," said Theodore Roosevelt in his gubernatorial efforts to promote conservation to the largely indifferent citizenry of New York State.
March 3, 2010

December 28, 2011