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Energy's Latest Buzzword: Microgrid
If you’re new to the energy world, the term microgrid may not have crossed your mind recently, if ever. But within the industry, it’s becoming a very popular buzzword of late.[read more]
The Regulatory Barriers Obstructing Smartgrid
Bob Jenks of Oregon’s Citizens’ Utility Board, writing at EnergyPulse, explains “Why Smart Grid Advocates Should Learn About Utility Regulation.” Reading between the lines a bit, the reason smart grid advocates should learn about utility regulation seems to be so that they will understand that their talent, inventiveness, and desire to...[read more]
Will Gamification be the Biggest Smart Grid Game Changer?
Games are identified as one of the biggest trends for social media and mobile devices. Gamification is called the next big thing for marketing. Both have exciting implications for behavior change in the health care sector. So will social games and gamification play a significant role in changing consumption behaviors...[read more]
Connecting The Dots on SmartGrid
The Smart Grid is a revolutionary, multi-disciplinary and complicated engineering challenge that today feels a lot like a connect-the-dots puzzle. Most of the technologies that will deliver the Smart Grid’s historic envisioned benefits already exist today. The challenge is seamlessly linking the systems in a reliable, safe, robust...[read more]
Would a ‘Pennsylvania Power Authority’ be good for Pennsylvanians?
Also in the Spring 2011 issue of Regulation magazine is Andrew Kleit’s article on a proposed Pennsylvania Power Authority. In the course of explaining why such a state power agency would be a bad idea, Kleit explains a lot about how the wholesale power market works in Pennsylvania (and elsewhere). Noteworthy is Kleit’s response to a...[read more]
Innovation at the IBM Smarter Industries Symposium
Photo credit Tom Raftery I attended the inaugural IBM Smarter industries Symposium recently and the major talking point that emerged from it was Innovation. The event was a nice mix of presentations by IBMers, customers and “breakout exchanges” with a healthy mix of both. Almost all of the speakers talked about the increasing...[read more]
PGE Takes Step Towards Closing Oregon's Only Coal Plant
Oregon's largest utility, Portland General Electric (PGE), announced it's moving forward on a plan to stop burning coal at the state's only operating coal plant. The investor-owned utility, which serves Portland, much of the surrounding metropolitan area, and the state's capitol, Salem, informed the Oregon Public Utility Commission (...[read more]
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