Monthly Archives: June 2013

Will Renewables Finally Drive a Distributed Generation Revolution?

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor My first job in the utility industry was as a cogeneration engineer with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). PG&E was years behind schedule in getting its nuclear power plant Diablo Canyon … Continue reading

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Is the World Entering the Age of Long-term Natural Gas Prosperity?

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Sometimes in life, we find out that what we thought we knew to be true actually isn’t.  Saturday’s Wall Street Journal ran a review of Mario Livio’s book titled Brilliant Blunders.  The … Continue reading

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Demand Response Need Not Cause Customer Pain

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor At least in some parts of the U.S., demand response has been an important factor in energy planning since the 1980s.  When I was an account representative in Northern California in the … Continue reading

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