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One of our interns who spent the summer working on our companion site SustainabilityRoleModels.com  wrote a good article on Southern California Edison’s numerous sustainability initiatives, and arranged for me to speak with one of SCE’s spokespeople, Evan Birenbaum.  Late yesterday, …

Times Are Changing Quickly in the Power Utility Space Read More »

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Here’s an article that points to one of the many issues we face in our quest to integrate large amounts of solar energy into our grid-mix: all this distributed generation is making it tough for the utilities.  In 43 of …

Rethinking the Regulation of Our Electric Utilities Read More »

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Here’s an article that points to a controversy about smart-grid, i.e., about the concept of two-way communication between the electric generation plant and the customer, and the application of intelligence to flow of information.  Apparently, someone is alleging that the …

Smart-Grid's Value Called Into Question Read More »

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In today’s discussion on energy storage, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: As far as who should pay for storage, that’s easy… the storage facility should pay for itself by the value that it adds to the grid. If it …

More Discussion on Energy Storage Read More »

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Finland reportedly is undertaking a project that will link people’s smart meters with their smart phones. People will be able to save energy and money just by touching their phone screens, which will signal their home meters to, for example, …

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