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Cool Keeper law would heat up program
Mar 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune - From Rocky Mountain Power's perspective, far too few Utahns have signed up voluntarily for its Cool Keeper program, which allows the utility to control its customers' air conditioning units on the hottest days of the summer. More...
Lawmakers look at energy cost
Mar 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Luther Turmelle New Haven Register, Conn. - The cost of energy in Connecticut was the focus of the legislature's Energy and Technology Committee Tuesday as lawmakers heard testimony on a number of bills designed to make electricity more affordable. More...
AEP gets an earful at Logan hearing
Mar 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kathryn Gregory The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. - The winter storm that knocked out power to more than 237,000 Appalachian Power customers for up to two weeks in December is still causing a stir in the southern part of the state. More...
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Boulder-area PV installers ask for changes to solar gardens bill
Mar 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Laura Snider Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. - Representatives of local solar companies are planning to gather at Wednesday night's Boulder City Council meeting to express their concerns about the "community solar gardens bill" that was introduced in the state Legislature last month. More...
Legislators listen to utility concerns
Mar 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Janet Conner-Knox The Wilson Daily Times, N.C. - High utility bills have gotten the attention of state legislators. More...
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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

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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

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Global Adjustment: A Political Time Bomb in Ontario, Canada

By Peter Murphy
Prior to April, 2009, most Ontario electricity consumers in Ontario, Canada paid little attention to the "Provincial Benefit" line item on their electricity bills. They had little reason to. Since its inception in 2005, the more...
Filed Under Policy, Regulatory & Legal

A Premise for the Pendulum

By Roger Feldman
The end of one year and beginning of another makes one think of the various theories of history. "History" is the human effort to anthromorphize time so as to hold the fear of uncertainty at more...
Filed Under Policy, Regulatory & Legal

The Right FIT for California

By Tam Hunt
California is on the precipice of passing into law a game-changing Feed-In Tariff (FIT) policy that will unleash the tremendous potential of renewable energy and provide a massive economic boost in California. more...
Filed Under Policy, Regulatory & Legal

Cooperative Federalism

By Roger Feldman
In the absence of "Cooperative Federalism" the development of so-called "Green Infrastructure," as contemplated both by the Stimulus Package and by the forthcoming initiatives from the President and Congress in the areas of energy, security, more...
Filed Under Policy, Regulatory & Legal

The Pitfalls of and Opportunities in Electric Power Deregulation

By Harry Valentine
The deregulation of several sectors of the national economy became the vogue during the Reagan administration in Washington and the Thatcher administration in the UK. Margaret Thatcher had read The Road to Serfdom by F.A. more...
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