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About Enerdynamics

Enerdynamics was formed in 1995 to meet the growing demand for timely, dynamic and effective business training in the gas and electric industries. Our comprehensive education programs are focused on teaching you and your employees the business of energy. And because we have a firm grasp of what's happening in our industry on both a national and international scale, we can help you make sense of a world that often makes no sense at all.

Will China transform the world of energy?

Posted on May 17, 2013

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor When I started in the energy business back in the early 1980’s, the utility paradigm was to continually build more power plants to serve growing customer loads.  This lead to environmental and … Continue reading →

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Mexican Natural Gas – The Next Paradigm Buster?

Posted on May 10, 2013

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Back when I worked in Calgary in the early 1990s, a consultant’s study made the rounds suggesting that Canadian producers should be alert to a possible competitive threat from the south.  Specifically … Continue reading →

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Is the U.S. Ready for National Greenhouse Gas Regulation?

Posted on May 1, 2013

 by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Flash back eight years ago to 2005.  U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from energy consumption were increasing annually with emissions having grown by almost 20% since 1990. The Bush Administration announced in 2001 … Continue reading →

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Energy Companies Using ‘Executive Forums’ to Effectively Train Employees

Posted on April 26, 2013

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO A new offering by Enerdynamics that’s really taken off this past year is the executive forum. We’ve done four of these in the past year, and each one has been tremendously successful. While not exclusive to executives, the idea … Continue reading →

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Will Low Natural Gas Prices Stall the Shale Gas Boom?

Posted on April 19, 2013

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor  The U.S. natural gas market is on the verge of a decades-long growth period due to the robust development of shale gas. While optimism about U.S. gas supplies is not new – it has been a … Continue reading →

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The Value of Regional Transmission Organizations, Part II

Posted on April 12, 2013

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor Last week we introduced this topic with Part I of this article and discussed the current landscape of the RTO and RTO development. This week we continue our examination of RTOs with a discussion on the value and … Continue reading →

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The Value of Regional Transmission Organizations, Part I

Posted on April 4, 2013

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor Decisions made by regulators more than a decade ago formalized a shift to organized wholesale transmission organizations for much of the United States. As electric deregulation advanced in various states in the 1990s, federal regulators saw a … Continue reading →

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Germany Provides Working Model for High-penetration Solar on the Distribution Grid

Posted on March 28, 2013

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Though in 2012 solar power made up approximately 0.1% of the  electric generation in the United States, solar output has increased sevenfold over the last five years. Is it possible that this … Continue reading →

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What Can the Energy Industry Do About Hackers and Cyberspies?

Posted on March 20, 2013

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor It seems you can’t turn on the news lately without hearing the latest report about hacking and cyberspies.  And sadly, digging beyond the news makes it appear that the issue isn’t just … Continue reading →

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LNG Rail, Trucking, and Shipping Soon to Be Common?

Posted on March 8, 2013

by  Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor Low North American natural gas prices continue to fundamentally change the future of energy.  In Enerdynamics’ blog, we’ve already talked about the shift to gas-fired electricity generation[1], development of Compressed Natural Gas … Continue reading →

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