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The business of electric utilities is to provide reliable, affordable, and (increasingly) clean electricity—except when it is not. Con Ed recently started a campaign extolling the virtues of saving electrons. Imagine a business that runs ads telling customers not to buy its products. ConEd hasn’t suddenly found religion. It has found... [read more]
Delta Montrose Electric Association Leaves Colorado Rural Electric Association
The Delta Montrose Rural Electric Association (DMEA) has long been the most progressive utility (Let alone electric coop) in Colorado. I wrote about their forward thinking promotion of geoexchange / ground source heat pumps in 2007, long before there was any rule requiring any Colorado utility to have a Demand Side Management (DSM)... [read more]
Two views on electric utility restructuring in Pennsylvania
From the Central Penn Business Journal, two views on electric utility industry restructuring in Pennsylvania: First from Matt Brouillette: Pennsylvania’s electricity rate caps have kept prices artificially low, preventing competitors from entering the marketplace and consumers from having choices. Now, when rate caps expire in 2010 in... [read more]
California makes efficiency “business as usual”
California — already a leader in intelligent utility regulations — is taking aggressive steps to stay the leader. The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) made the following remarkable proposal last month:All new residential construction in California will be zero net energy by 2020All new commercial construction in California... [read more]
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