Insights from our Editorial Team
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I get charged up when I talk about fast carsSep 28, 2010 |
I love cool, fast, expensive vehicles as much as the next person ... and probably even more. (I once proposed the closing of a three-lane section of the highway between Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, once a month, just for a taste of the feeling of the Autobahn.) But with electric utilities across the country ramping up to add consumers' EVs to the mix, I decided to compare the specs of a Tesla Roadster Sport to a Ferrari 599 GTO, just for fun.
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Sep 28, 2010 |
In the second installment of a two-part interview, the Obama Administration's point man on ARRA spending discusses job creation, wind generation and smart grid issues. Matthew Rogers calls stimulus funding a "down payment" on American competitiveness and suggests that Congress take the next step to help re-establish the United States' global leadership in clean energy innovation.
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OG&E's Reid Nuttall talks about business challenges, and changing business modelsSep 27, 2010 |
Regulators are focused front-and-center on ratepayers, and the benefits they may or may not see from smart grid. Reid Nuttall, chief information officer at Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, shares with Christopher Perdue advice for other utilities on working with their utility commissions regarding their smart grid initiatives. Nuttall also shares business challenges, and the utility's changing business model.
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Sep 27, 2010 |
Matthew Rogers, senior advisor to the U.S. Department of Energy and point man on stimulus funding, speaks with EnergyBiz Editor Martin Rosenberg on the speed of stimulus spending, its effect on job creation and private sector spending on the clean energy sector.
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Sep 23, 2010 |
The Obama Administration is reaching out to the electric utility industry for up-to-date knowledge and insights on building smarter grids. The U.S. Department of Energy issued a "request for information" last week and the deadline to comment is Nov. 1. At this juncture, the effort should produce a sense of what's on the industry's mind and illuminate possible solutions to the challenges ahead.
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Sep 23, 2010 |
Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu has learned the art of politics on the job, moving from statements that coal is his "worst nightmare" to becoming an advocate for cleaner coal technologies. His journey recognizes that fossil fuels such as coal will continue to be the backbone of generation sources for decades to come. That's the message he took recently to an audience in West Virginia coal country.
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Sep 22, 2010 |
Should Xcel Energy be allowed to bill ratepayers for massive cost overruns at its SmartGridCity project in Boulder, Colorado? Parties to that decision, now before an administrative law judge who will advise the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, have filed their "statements of position" in the matter. One issue that seemed to emerge: who should pay for utility research and development, ratepayers or shareholders?
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Sep 21, 2010 |
Is the time right for DMS? Absolutely. How to go about implementing it and which utility department takes charge of it is, however, up for discussion. Energy Central and Sierra Energy's Christopher Perdue discussed this hot-button topic with three utility experts.
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Sep 20, 2010 |
Parties to the Colorado Public Utility Commission rate case on Xcel Energy's SmartGridCity in Boulder, Colorado, filed summaries of their positions yesterday and Friday, setting the stage for a decision by the commission. At issue is Xcel's possible recovery of $45 million in cost overruns from 1.4 million Colorado ratepayers. Today, we summarize the position of the Office of Consumer Counsel, which said that Xcel and its shareholders ought to bear the bulk of the costs.
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Sep 18, 2010 |
Kevin Chase, chief information officer at TXU Energy, discusses the importantance of business intelligence.
