Eight State Commission Chairs on State and Future of Power
‘Consider the Auk who became extinct because it forgot how to fly and could only walk.’
States are the Game
Before Dungeons & Dragons, Pac Man, Super Mario, Sim City, Pokémon, Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty, Game of the States was the way to spend a lazy hour.
Who Pays High Bills? Who Pays Low?
Ok. Take out your number two pencils. Time for a couple of questions.
Nikola Tesla Meets Popular Culture
Birthdays
In its second season, “Epic Rap Battles of History,” the YouTube web series, featured Nikola Tesla versus Thomas Edison, referring to the Battle of the Currents.
EEI Meets on the Left Coast: EEI's 2018 Annual Convention
Picture Energy
Magnificent San Diego weather. So much to do, from grazing at the zoo to glimpsing the Pacific Fleet base. Yet the many hundreds of attendees clustered in the convention's conference rooms most of the time to take in the topics of the day, resilience, renewable integration, cybersecurity, new regulatory and business models, workforce diversity and inclusion, electrification of transportation, and energy storage. See the magazine layout and photos here.
Managing Risk of Innovation Deployment
An Insurance Model
If the new technology is not successful, customers may pay for both the failed experiment and the energy or technology to replace the failed equipment.
More Efficient Way to Help Low Income Families
Doing Well, Doing Good
We are on the cusp of a dramatic shift that we in energy efficiency thought was nearly impossible: behavior change.
Missing an Opportunity for Building Systems Efficiency?
Systems Efficiency Initiative
An area with high potential for scaling up energy savings is utility-led programs that incorporate systems efficiency approaches.
Save Some Power Plants, Clean Up the Cars
Remember to Breathe Series
EPA and Transportation are considering freezing standards for five years at 2020 levels. That’s a step backwards for clean air. It should be worrying to the power sector.
FERC's Dedication to Competition Results in Bureaucracy and Intervention
Setting Rules Without Platonic Ideal of Competition
As Ulysses S. Grant said, ‘I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws [or regulations] so effective as their stringent execution.’