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Recently, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been working on a joint proposal with an number of utilities (including Austin Water, San Antonio Water and American Water) to raise awareness and revise standards around low-level water leaks. We spoke to Tracy Quinn, a water policy analyst with the NRDC about the need for better meter standards and the fact that the minimum flow test has gone unchanged in the U.S. since 1921.
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Branndon Kelley with American Municipal Power shares the top five challenges he sees for utilities.
Kelley is CIO of American Municipal Power, a nonprofit corporation that owns and operates electric facilities with the purpose of providing generation, transmission and distribution of electric power and energy to its members in Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio.
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ABB, the power and automation technology group, was named by the Ethisphere Institute, a leading international organization dedicated to best practices in business ethics, to its 2013 list of the world's most ethical companies.
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ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America's leading energy consulting firms, will join forces with Energy Central to present, "The State of the Energy Industry," on Friday, March 8, 2013, from 12:00-1:00 PM EST. To learn more or to register for this free webcast, please click here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/767445185
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The new Cooper Power Systems PEAK™ transformers are uniquely designed to provide additional capability for managing increased loads and temporary overload capacity without accelerating loss of insulation system life when compared to mineral oil-filled transformer alternatives.
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Renewable energy experts Heidi Larson and Sean McPherson of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) will speak on emerging markets and operations and maintenance (O&M) considerations at the annual SOLAR Power Gen conference to be held at the San Diego Convention Center, Feb. 13-15.
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Principles and best practices from "Moneyball," as well as other books such as "Competing on Analytics," are well suited for decision makers in unregulated utilities. SDG&E's Lee Krevat, along with Tim Fairchild from SAS, reveal the lessons available to electricity insiders.
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ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America's leading energy consulting firms, is pleased to join forces with Energy Central to present an interactive webinar, "The State of the Energy Industry," on Friday, March 8, 2013, from 12:00-1:00 PM EST. To learn more about the webinar or to register, please click here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/767445185
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Recently I had the opportunity to moderate an editorial and analyst panel discussion at an executive briefing hosted by Energy Central. The briefing was held in San Diego and featured Marty Rosenberg, Editor-in-Chief of EnergyBiz magazine; Christine, Research Director at the Utility Analytics Institute; and Kathleen Davis, Editor-in-Chief of Intelligent Utility magazine.
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Christopher Perdue discusses the changing face of utility customer service
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JAPAN
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In the small electric co-op utilities of the U.S.
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No one-size-fits-all solution here
Just as we all have different-sized feet, utilities of different sizes and different geographic issues need different network communications solutions to fit individual needs. For a long time, the debate - and it was a debate - between the use of WiFi or broadband and public or private communications networks seemed to be more about trying to find a one-size-fits-all solution, rather than a variety of solution, rather than a variety of solutions (sometimes used within the same utility) in which everyone wins.
Now, not so much.
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Is time-of-use pricing making a difference?
We take a trip back to Ontario, where time-of-use pricing has been in full swing for some time now, to see what has changed. Is it working? How do we know?
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In the large investor-owned electric utilities of North America
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In the large municipal electric utilities of the U.S.
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Rocky Mountain Institute partners with utilities for the future
The power industry needs big ideas and an open mind. The Rocky Mountain Institute has ideas and rigorous modeling to support them. Could the two parties cooperate? They already are.
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Essayists debate whether it helps decrease pollution
Are energy efficiency measures, for light bulbs, for cars, for applicances, barking up the wrong tree? There's evidence that efficiencies simply lead people to use more than they once did, erasing any benefits. There's also evidence that the slippage that does occur does not amount to the energy saved. Five ways to look at the subject.
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IEEE PES pursues objectives to attract and retain talent
The IEEE Power & Energy Society has worked to offer scholarships, mentoring and career opportunities for engineering students to attract them to opportunities in Smart Grid work. An advocate argues that grid modernization is at risk if these efforts aren't widely supported.
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Cost-effective, quantifiable results with residential customers
As utilities reach for mandated targets for energy efficiency and demand response, they should consider behavioral approaches to their customers and their energy use.
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