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Regulatory Efficiency: A Must for Electricity Infrastructure Renewal

February 7, 2012 by Jim Burpee
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We at the Canadian Electricity Association have publicly raised, many times, that our electricity sector faces a complex challenge over the next two decades. In order to meet Canada’s increasing demands for electricity, we must invest in electricity infrastructure. That means renewing, replacing and adding to the generating stations and power lines that power the economy. [read more]

Wind Industry Just Hot Air? The Green Skeptic on FOX Business

December 28, 2011 by Scott Edward Anderson
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On Tuesday I sat down with Stuart Varney & Company on FOX Business to talk about wind power and the relative merits of distributed generation versus big wind farms, including the need for transmission and grid infrastructure improvements to make big wind viable. Here's the video: Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com... [read more]

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Audio & Slides: "How to Save a Planet On a Budget" Part 2 - Making the Green Business Case

December 19, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
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Welcome to the audio archive & slides for the first chunk of our green finance summit "How To Save The Planet on A Budget". This second hour looks as the real-life challenges with making green business profitable. [read more]

How Does Energy Efficiency Create Jobs?

November 29, 2011 by Casey Bell
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With unemployment hovering at a stubborn 9%, it is no wonder that job creation has become a hot topic. It is nearly impossible to read the news without encountering an article describing how a policy or industry creates a given number of jobs. Often, job creation is used as a justification for public sector investment in a program,... [read more]

The Canadian Electricity Infrastructure Deficit

October 31, 2011 by Jim Burpee
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It’s time for Canadians to focus on the urgency of making multi-billion-dollar investments to upgrade, repair and expand the electricity infrastructure across Canada. Capital investment in electricity infrastructure declined dramatically in the 1990s. After reaching a peak of $15 billion in 1991, investment fell rapidly to just $5.3 billion in 1997 as a result of overcapacity, poor economic conditions and electricity prices that had outpaced inflation as the new facilities built in the prior ten years caused rates to rise. [read more]

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Europe Mobilizes Private Finance for Infrastructure Development

August 3, 2011 by Roland W. Chalons-Browne
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We are today faced with a great infrastructure challenge, one that is compounded by climate change. It is no longer enough to build new transport networks or establish waste management systems. We have to use smart technologies while doing so, to minimize the impact on the environment, and also make the infrastructure resilient to... [read more]

My Testimony on Transportaion Before the Senate

July 22, 2011 by Deron Lovaas
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I testified about the proposed bipartisan transportation bill outline yesterday, before nine Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. At the end of the hearing, which you can watch here, I said I would be willing to "put my shoulder to the wheel" to help move it forward. Of course, I want to see more than just the... [read more]

Video: Betting on Better Place EV Chargers

May 16, 2011 by Silvio Marcacci
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Better Place founder and CEO Shai Agassi takes energyNOW! Chief Correspondent Tyler Suiters on a tour of the charging infrastructure his company is installing in Israel, and demonstrates how battery replacement can increase electric vehicle efficiency. [read more]

WEBINAR - JOIN IT NOW: Funding Green Cities

May 13, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
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If you're in energy, you've heard it before: 40% of US carbon emissions come from buildings. Everything that uses electricity- HVAC, lighting, appliances, etc- adds to this burden. To cut down on buildings' share of emissions, we have a collective challenge to transition to low carbon forms of energy. And trust me, that sounds great; we... [read more]

Collecting Road Taxes After Peak Gasoline

May 13, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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On Monday I was interviewed on Chicago's WGN Radio on the subject of switching the collection of federal highway taxes from the current assessment on motor fuel sales to a fee on vehicle miles traveled (VMT). The gas tax is always a hot-button subject, and when it's combined with potential concerns about privacy it becomes even more... [read more]

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WEBINAR TODAY 3pm: Smart Grid + The Customer Experience - Critical Questions for Utilities

March 20, 2011 by Amelia Timbers
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The transition to a smart grid represents a fundamental change in customer relationship management. Suddenly, utilities’ relationships with their customers will dramatically increase in complexity. Utilities will have access to customer data rivaled in sensitivity only by banks and hospitals. They will be able to control customers’... [read more]

More People are Driving, But People Aren't Driving More

March 8, 2011 by Colin Peppard
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      Last week, I wrote about this year's uptick in nationwide driving rates. In particular, I asked whether the regions that had begun to invest more in a broader set of transportation options rather than ever-expanding highways might be bucking the broader trend. Especially paired with fuel prices that have been... [read more]

The Viability of Keystone XL: Of Politics, Profits and Pipelines

February 16, 2011 by David Livingston
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Conventional wisdom would suggest that the prospect of a nearly 2,000 mile long pipeline between Canada and the United States, the TransCanada Corporation’s “Keystone XL” project, should be welcomed as a harbinger of closer ties and safer energy supplies. Under the surface, however, lies a complex geopolitical and commercial logic that suggests it is Canadian producers – not American consumers – who stand to gain most from the project. [read more]

Infrastructure Failures and Investments in the Future

September 13, 2010 by Christine Hertzog
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Is the rupture of a 30 inch gas pipeline and subsequent death and destruction in San Bruno, California a harbinger of ongoing infrastructure failures in the coming years?  The 54 year old San Bruno gas pipeline rupture resulted in 7 confirmed deaths as of this posting, numerous injuries, and loss of 37 homes.  Will we see more... [read more]

Climate-Proofing Infrastructure

September 10, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
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Even in an election year, it's hard to make infrastructure repair sound glamorous. Perhaps that helps explain why the latest annual report card on the condition of US infrastructure from the American Society of Civil Engineers was so dismal, a "D" overall. In any given year, there are usually more exciting things to spend our money on,... [read more]