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California Congressman proposes $1 billion prize for 100 mpg car
Feb 06, 2012 -- Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks - Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., has introduced a bill in Congress offering a billion-dollar prize to the first automaker that builds and sells 60,000 mid-size cars capable of delivering 100 mpg. More...
Salazar Applauds Presidents Nomination of Marcilynn Burke for Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
Feb 06, 2012 -- Interior Department Documents and Publications/ContentWorks - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised President Obama's intent to nominate Marcilynn A. More...
PSE&G Surcharges Under Scrutiny
Feb 06 - Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. - Each month, New Jersey utility customers pay tiny surcharges on their energy bills to fund programs that promote solar power, energy efficiency and new infrastructure. More...
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Nuclear Secrecy With $8 Billion On the Line: SACE Continues Fight To Force Disclosure of U.S. Taxpayer-Backed Federal Loan Guarantees to Risky Vogtle Reactor Project
ATLANTA, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire - As Final Arguments Are Filed, Southern Co., Obama Administration Fight FOIA Request to Figure Out Danger to Taxpayers in the Event of Default in Deal More Than 12 Times the Size of Solyndra. More...
City gets 'proactive' as it lays out regs for solar, wind generation systems in Destin
Feb 06 - The Destin Log (Destin, Fl.) - During Tuesday night's city council meeting, city leaders discussed the regulation and use of alternative energy systems in Destin. More...
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Smart Grid: SoS "… interacting in unpredictable ways that regulators and investors cannot comprehend

Blogger Photo By Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio - Summary: Similar to financial markets, system crashes are expected in smart grid, because they have been though to be just more...

Someone needs to follow the money--the numbers do not make sense

By Mark Wooldridge - Defense Department Studies Solar Energy Potential at Desert Bases - The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) could generate 7,000 megawatts more...

Commissioners visit New Mexico for natural gas conference The Daily Review

By Da Roberts -   TOWANDA - While Bradford County has experienced extensive gas drilling for a few years, what will it be like more...

Enough with the tax credits already

By Mark Wooldridge - Homeowners and businesses who invest in renewable energy could get a tax break under plan - A Senate committee revived more...

Good thinking but extend it to generation

By Mark Wooldridge - Energy Efficiency Is the Right Track for Clean Air - A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient more...
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Why Smart Grid Advocates Should Learn About Utility Regulation

By Bob Jenks
Many of us have heard of the Smart Grid and its potential to improve the electricity delivery system. Moving to a two-way digital grid will improve the grid's reliability and offer a variety of new more...
Filed Under Policy, Regulatory & Legal

A Historical Perspective of Electric Power Regulation

By Harry Valentine
There was a time prior to the year 1900 when electric power generation was privately own and essentially free from political regulation. The development of the electric light bulb and the electrically powered streetcar encouraged more...
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Preparing for Dodd-Frank

By Michel Zadoroznyj
New legislation brings in its wake a period of confusion and adjustment, as the businesses and individuals it affects come to terms with new responsibilities and/or restrictions. But the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer more...
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An Invaluable Reminder about Electric Deregulation

By Ferdinand E. Banks
This short paper borrows from my forthcoming energy economics textbook (2011), and consists of a part of the lecture that I once desperately wanted to present at either the Stockholm School of Economics, or at more...
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What Unrest In Egypt Means for Oil Prices at Home

By David Holt
Americans are all too familiar with the ways political instability in oil rich places like Iraq and Saudi Arabia impact the price they pay for gasoline and heating oil. But uncertain energy prices affect the more...
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