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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.

What is a Reasonable Rate of Return on Utility Infrastructure?

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and CEO “..the process of setting an allowed ROE has consistently proven to be the most contentious and subjective part of a rate case proceeding.”[1] Much of the key natural gas and electricity infrastructure in the … Continue reading →

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Will Entrepreneurs Save Us from Global Climate Change?

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and CEO “Producing large-scale, reliable, affordable, and carbon-free energy is one of these key global problems. The swords that cut this Gordian Knot: breakthrough technologies built and deployed by entrepreneurial companies with global scope.” ~ Reid … Continue reading →

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Defining the Uses for Electricity Storage

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “Even without subsidies, certain storage technologies are already cost-competitive with certain conventional alternatives (for example, lithium-ion batteries for certain power grid support applications). Other storage technologies are close to being cost-competitive in … Continue reading →

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Heat Rate: A Driving Force Behind Market Power Costs

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Participants in Enerdynamics’ seminars often wonder why market-based wholesale power costs fluctuate so much. Some say it is due to market control by generation owners who are manipulating prices to increase profits. In … Continue reading →

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Helping Customers Make Sense of New Choices in a Distributed Energy World

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Matthew Rose, Director EMI Consulting and Enerdynamics Instructor As the electric industry evolves to a more distributed model where end-use customers are directly involved in energy markets, new products will be required so that distribution and transmission system operators … Continue reading →

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Electric Utilities Preparing for Grid of the Future

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Distributed energy resources are among the biggest opportunities for utilities in coming years (see Utility Dive’s 2015 State of the Electric Utility survey). Delivering on the opportunity requires utilities to rethink the traditional … Continue reading →

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Gas Pipeline Proposals Abound in the European Market

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor Last April as Europe was reeling from the political instability of the Ukraine and annexation of Crimea to Russia, we wrote in a blog post that “gas pipeline projects are already responding to the events in … Continue reading →

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A Visual Look at the Electric and Natural Gas Delivery Systems

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Enerdynamics

Natural gas and electricity take long and complex journeys from their original sources to their final end-use consumers. Understanding the various stages of each journey — commonly known as the delivery system — is important for those who work in the … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Want to Provide Your Energy Services in the Future?

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “…our customers are the same people who dropped their landlines for cell phones, then switched wireless carriers to get the latest, greatest smart phones.  They cut their cable TV packages to the … Continue reading →

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New Technologies That May Drive Our Energy Future

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “Technology is no silver bullet, yet it’s an essential part of the de-carbonization equation.” ~ April Reese, Discovermagazine.com In recent years, the energy industry has made significant strides in moving toward technology … Continue reading →

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