Jennifer Barnes Joins Summit Blue's Energy and Utility Consulting Practice.
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Blue Consulting, LLC (Summit Blue), a leading provider of utility and energy consulting services, announced that Jennifer Barnes has joined the firm as a Senior Consultant in their California office. Ms. Barnes will lead work in the areas of demand-side planning, energy...

A 'Perfect' Vision for Saving Billions: Energy Reforms, Smart-Grid Entrepreneurs and New Technologies.
Robert W. Galvin, business, civic, government and academic leaders kick off Midwest Energy Solutions conference with outlook for the future CHICAGO, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- "Perfection is entirely possible," asserted retired Motorola CEO and Chairman, Robert W. Galvin, to a record-breaking audience of energy leaders, opening the...

Burning our money to warm the planet: Canada's ineffective efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Over the past 15 years, the Canadian government has made several commitments to reduce domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Its goal has been to help the international effort to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of GHGs at levels that will reduce the risk of unacceptable climate change. To meet...

KEMA to Hold 18th Executive Forum on Energy Markets March 8 - 9, 2007 in San Antonio, Texas.
BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMA will host its 18th Executive Forum, "Innovation & Evolution: Outlook for Competitive Energy Markets," March 8 and 9, 2007 in San Antonio, Texas. The annual Executive Forum is the leading venue for addressing strategic, business and policy challenges facing retail energy markets....

State and federal command-and-control regulation of emissions from fossil-fuel electric power generating plants.
I. INTRODUCTION In 2001, the public was fed a steady diet of news stories concerning electrical energy shortages and escalating prices. California received the most attention after experiencing power blackouts, rationing, and staggering increases in annual electric power costs. (1) Some industry interests attempted to use the...

The challenges of dam removal: the history and lessons of the Condit Dam and potential threats from the 2005 Federal Power Act amendments.
I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND A. Condit Dam and the Resources of the White Salmon River B. The Federal Power Act and Dam Relicensing C. Condit Dam Relicensing and the 1999 Agreement to Remove the Dam III. OBSTACLES TO DAM REMOVAL A. Opposition to the Settlement Agreement and FERC Inaction...

Over the river and (around) the woods to grandma's house we go: long-term firm transmission rights, transmission market power, & gaming strategies in a deregulated energy market - an international comparison.
I. INTRODUCTION II. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION REGULATION A. The Infancy of Electricity Deregulation B. The Deregulatory Era: 2000 to Present III. THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES A. The New, Semi-Independent Status of the Power Grid Destabilizes Coordination Between Interconnections B....

Energy efficiency in regulated and deregulated markets.
1. INTRODUCTION AND THESIS The efficient use of electricity is a moral and environmental concern of contested economic validity. Opponents argue that the pursuit of energy efficiency is the pursuit of economic inefficiency. Proponents counter that the pursuit of economic efficiency in the electricity sector...

Reshaping the electric power industry.
INTRODUCTION As the twenty-first century approaches and the world enters the information age, it is important to ask how the electric power industry can prepare for this dramatically new era of more efficient, cleaner, and more decentralized technologies. During the past decade and a half, many industries, from...

From public good to private exploitation: Gats and the restructuring of Canadian electrical utilities.
I. INTRODUCTION (*) When George W. Bush announced the U.S. would pursue a North American Energy Framework, his idea was greeted with enthusiasm by the Canadian government and energy-exporting provinces. The public outcry that could have been expected a decade earlier has failed to materialize thus far,...