Monthly Archives: May 2013

Gas Utilities Caught Between Safety Upgrades and Rate Cases

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In the wake of recent tragic natural gas pipeline incidents, federal safety regulators have pushed gas distribution utilities and pipelines to thoroughly survey their systems to identify infrastructure that should be overhauled.  And given … Continue reading →

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Will China transform the world of energy?

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Enerdynamics

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 Enerdynamics

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 Enerdynamics

 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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