Category Archives: Energy Training

Gas Industry Overview is Enerdynamics’ latest online course to benefit from update and revamp

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO Enerdynamics recently released an updated version of its popular online course Gas Industry Overview. I’m often asked about how we handle updates to our online curriculum. Following is a brief discussion on the behind-the-scenes process of ensuring … Continue reading

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Energy Companies Using ‘Executive Forums’ to Effectively Train Employees

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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Why Close a Perfectly Good Nuclear Power Plant?

By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Low natural gas prices continue to impact the U.S. electric markets in new and surprising ways.  While teaching a class recently, I was asked why Dominion Resources would be closing its Kewaunee … Continue reading

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Enerdynamics Announces 2013 Schedule of Public Seminars for Energy Professionals

Enerdynamics is proud to announce its line-up  of 2013 public seminars aimed at helping energy industry professionals enhance  their knowledge of the business aspects of electricity and natural gas. Our  skilled instructors – each a subject matter expert in the … Continue reading

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Suggested Reading on Electric Market Dynamics

We often are asked about recommendations for books on the natural gas and electricity business.  Over the next few months we will share lists of some of our favorite energy industry books.  Today we’re offering our top picks that discuss electric … Continue reading

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Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Back on Agenda in U.S.

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor During the recent campaign season, it was rare to hear a candidate utter the words “climate change” or “greenhouse gasses.” Democrats didn’t want to open themselves up to accusations of planning to harm … Continue reading

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Why FERC Order 1000 is a Big Deal in the Electric Industry

by Greg Stark, Enerdynamics Instructor High-voltage lines for the long distance transportation of electrical energy (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Many of our readers may have noticed at their companies a considerable effort expended on FERC Order 1000 compliance in the last … Continue reading

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Costa Rica’s Commitment to a Renewable Energy Future

Inside a wind turbine in Costa Rica by John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO With more than 90% of its electricity generated from renewable energy sources and goals to reach 95% by 2014, Costa Rica is certainly one of the greenest countries … Continue reading

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Electric Business Understanding: Your Questions Answered

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics’ CEO Electric Business Understanding is undoubtedly Enerdynamics’ most popular instructor-led course. (We also offer a similar seminar for natural gas called Gas Business Understanding and another that combines both industries called Gas and Electric Business Understanding). … Continue reading

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Energy Management Applications Any Organization Can Afford

By Ashley Halligan, an analyst at Software Advice and guest blogger for Energy Currents As consumers seek awareness in terms of their energy consumption — both residential and commercial — new technologies are showing up across the market to perform a … Continue reading

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