You need to see Branko Terzic’s amusing 1½ minute video: how much energy does electricity provide the American home?https://www.fortnightly.com/today-from-puf/puf-short-vid-us-olympic-track-field-team-your-beck-and-call
What percent of electricity’s cost is fuel expense? (50 seconds)
Electricity provides so much energy to the modern American home it’s comparable to a hundred and thirty strong servants at your beck and call.
How much do households pay per day for electricity? (42 seconds)
Excerpt from June’s Public Utilities Fortnightly.
What has been the long-term trend of electricity vs. CPI? (60 seconds)
Pic of the Month
Picture Energy: May 8-9
The conference featured many of the stars in energy efficiency, including Alliance's president Kateri Callahan, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, and World Resources Institute CEO Andrew Steer.
Pfannenstiel died April 26.
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, the first woman to chair the California Energy Commission, and the first woman to be a corporate officer of Pacific Gas & Electric (VP, strategic initiatives), died on April 26.
A response to the May 2017 From the Editor by PUF Editor-in-Chief Steve Mitnick
A more active and informed citizenry, involved in plotting electricity's path forward, isn't a cold, hard truth. It's a good thing.