Table of Contents

Recently I attended an energy efficiency (EE) technology show targeting commercial and industrial customers.

Hydrokinetic power harnesses the motion of waves or the flow of tides, ocean currents or inland waterways to generate electricity without the impoundments or diversions used in traditional hydropower.

In 1954, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis Strauss issued his infamous words predicting that electrical energy would become “too cheap to meter.”

When the jockeying over allocation of carbon dioxide emission allowances ends, Congressional stewards of the legislation must ensure the distribution of allowances is fair and sustainable.

Generators Continue Record Performance, Even in Recession

Exelon made the top five of nearly all the 2009 utility rankings, so Electric Light & Power editors knew from the beginning that it would be a strong contender for the 2009 Utility of the Year award.

A year ago, many executives were discussing ways to create attractive compensation packages while keeping costs down.

As companies across the United States close their books and prepare to go public with their latest earnings statements, utility holding companies continue to wade through an economically tumultuous tide ...

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II knew the power of Oklahoma’s wind in 1947 when they wrote of it “sweepin’ down the plain” in the show tune “Oklahoma!”

Proponents of wave and tidal power have compared the state of this area of the renewable energy sector with the early days of wind power.

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2454, known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act, or Waxman-Markey.

As traditional global sources of natural gas are exhausted, new nontraditional sources such as coal bed methane and imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) will supply a bigger fraction of the total demand.

With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), more than $11 billion is allocated to create a bigger, better, smarter electric grid.

Facing imminent advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart grid investment decisions, electric utilities realize the value of building out their AMI and smart grid systems based on networking standards.

Driven by government regulations and investments—and even customers—utilities’ smart grid and meter discussions are evolving from long-term aspirations to necessities as many take steps to implement more advanced metering systems.

Almost weekly, e-newsletters and trade magazines discuss the growth of outsourcing.

The dominant takeaway from GridWeek in Washington, D.C., is that utilities nationwide are looking positively toward the release of $4.6 billion in stimulus funds for the smart grid.

Beecham Research Ltd. is focused exclusively on the $45-billion machine-to-machine (M2M) market and views microgrids from that perspective, lying within the energy service sector, one of nine sectors tracked by Beecham.

The latest fad in motivation is the law of attraction, or more popularly “The Secret” after the motion picture and book by Rhonda Byrne. The idea is that if you use the power of “The Secret,” you will attract health, wealth and friends in abundance.

Even though gas prices at the pump are much lower than they were 12 to 18 months ago, plug-in hybrid electric and plug-in electric vehicles are still getting a lot of attention.