Consolidated Edison Upgrading Infrastructure — Why Not Address The Underlying Problem?
According to this article in SmartGridNews, Consolidated Edison, the power utility that serves New York City and the surrounding region, is in the process of spending $1 billion to upgrade its power delivery infrastructure so to minimize outages in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
“Sandy caused incredible damage to our energy delivery systems, disrupting the lives of millions of New Yorkers,” said Con Edison Chairman and CEO Kevin Burke. “While we recognize that these weather events represent a ‘new normal,’ our goal through our investments is to lessen the hardships that violent weather causes for our customers.”
I found it interesting that the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events and the climate change that is causing them are so openly acknowledged by captains of industry. It’s hard to understand how people of this stature can affirm the existence of an enormous threat, and bulk up on infrastructure to alleviate the symptoms, but not put a plan in place to deal with the problem itself. Are we going to put dikes around the 217,490 miles of the planet’s coast lines?
I know many readers share my excitement about the physics behind clean energy, and appreciate the opportunity to learn more at every available opportunity. To that end, let me share with you a YouTube channel that I know you’ll enjoy. Here’s one segment of it, concerning the 
The wedding I attended on the Outer Banks of North Carolina earlier this week led to a chance encounter with Bob Solarz, a good friend of my brother. Even Bob’s last name itself sounds like a propitious start for a conversation on clean energy and sustainability, and sure enough, he’s the president of a full-service civil engineering and consulting company whose focus is sustainability. Bob told me all about some of the projects he’s done, including this one, 
My mother and I spent a wonderful day together on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, our destination for the wedding of my eldest nephew, and the eldest of Mom’s five grandchildren. Our task for the day was to find a number of interesting places where we could take a few short walks, getting some exercise and learning a bit about the local environment. And of course, in addition to all this good stuff, I’m always on the alert for material for this blog.
The solar PV growth curves illustrate the rapid expansion in the deployment of this form for distributed generation (DG). The only conclusion one can draw from looking at these graphs is that, after decades of customers’ putting their toes in the water, they’ve begun to take the plunge. Solar has arrived as a mainstream force, dramatically reshaping the way we power our homes and businesses.
I’m on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the wedding of my eldest nephew. I’d never been here before, and I was expecting a stretch of land so desolate that I’d have trouble getting online or finding a good newspaper.
Frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me 
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Well I took the plunge and ordered a nickel iron battery pack. There was a lot of hemming and hawing but after a huge amount of research and calculating, I could find no better alternative currently available and no new technology shortly forthcoming that was worth waiting for.
Ever since I interviewed Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ace 
