Category Archives: Electricity

Electric Industry Overview v3 Features New Look, Updated Content

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Enerdynamics

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO At Enerdynamics we recently released an updated version of our popular online course Electric Industry Overview. Here is a brief behind-the-scenes glimpse at our process of ensuring that Enerdynamics’ online courses are timely, accurate, and effective training … Continue reading →

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Lucrative Retirement Plan Includes Solar Energy

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Enerdynamics

The following post is courtesy of Clean Energy Collective and provides a unique angle to investing in solar energy. By Emily Hois, Clean Energy Collective Today’s life expectancy in America is eight years longer than it was in 1970. That’s eight … Continue reading →

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Electric Industry Seeks Balance between Distributed Generation and the Traditional Grid

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics’ Instructor The industry “topic du jour” in 2013 was that utilities are facing dramatic and potentially disastrous changes to their business. These revelations could be traced to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) assertion that various “disruptive … Continue reading →

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Drop in Electric Demand and Spike in Rates an Ignored Issue in the Midwest

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Enerdynamics

By Bill Malcolm, guest author When EPA announced new emissions regulations affecting coal power plants, some in the industry predicted resulting power outages. But as coal retirements occur, the situation looks much less dire. Initial 8,500 MW power shortfall predictions … Continue reading →

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Will Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon Displace Your Utility?

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor One of the more outspoken and forward-thinking executives in today’s energy industry is NRG Energy’s CEO David Crane. When recently asked who NRG’s competitors will be in the future, he responded: “If … Continue reading →

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Why the Only Super Bowl Outage Was the Broncos’ Play

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Enerdynamics

By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Flash back to one year ago and many post-Super Bowl articles started like this one from CBS: “A power outage at the Super Bowl put the nation’s biggest sporting event on hold for … Continue reading →

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Virtual Net Metering and the Future of Community Solar

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Enerdynamics

Thanks to the folks at Clean Energy Collective for sharing this great article! by Emily Hois, Clean Energy Collective Community solar is gaining momentum across the United States, making solar energy available to more people than ever before. One of … Continue reading →

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2014 Seminar Series Covers Energy Industry Basics and Timely Topics like Shale, LNG

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Enerdynamics

Enerdynamics’ most popular seminars on electric and natural gas industry basics are back in 2014 as part of our public seminar series. Additionally, this year’s line-up features three new seminars that explore some of the hottest topics affecting today’s energy landscape: LNG, … Continue reading →

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States and Utilities Rethinking Customer-funded Energy Efficiency Programs?

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Enerdynamics

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor The level of spending and activity in customer-funded energy efficiency programs is rising. With the increase in state-level energy efficiency resource standards (EERS) and compliance targets, funding for energy efficiency programs reflects an increasing commitment. At … Continue reading →

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The Energy Industry: A Review of 2013 Highlights and What May Come in 2014, Part II

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Enerdynamics

By Bill Malcolm, guest author Happy New Year! In last week’s Part I of this post, we looked at a few energy industry trends that emerged in 2013: low electric load growth, the closing of nuclear plants for economical reasons, and … Continue reading →

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