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A Visual Look at the Electric and Natural Gas Delivery Systems
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
Utility Commissions Speak on the Future of the Utility: The Future Hawaiian Grid
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Much discussion lately has focused on the future of the electric utility. Some believe that utilities won’t change much despite all the hype, while others fear a death spiral will result in … Continue reading
FERC Order 1000 – One More Step Toward Regional Wholesale Markets
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Photo credit: Sigfrid Lundberg Back in the early 2000s when FERC was pushing Standard Market Design, some in the electric industry believed we would soon transition to four or five uniform wholesale … Continue reading
Why Don’t Tornadoes Cause More Widespread Blackouts?
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons By Greg Stark, Enerdynamics Instructor In the wake of the devastating tornadoes that recently ravaged the Midwestern U.S., a question arose that I think warrants an explanation: “When tornadoes take out transmission lines, why aren’t there … Continue reading
Is the U.S. Electric Generation Mix Adequately Diversified?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “My own bias is that natural gas, or shale gas, displaces coal. But the best approach is to manage the risks by diversifying. I’ve seen all the cycles up and down and … Continue reading
The Future of Electric Utilities, Part I
Image via Wikipedia by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor At Enerdynamics, we often end our classroom sessions with a quote from business guru Peter Drucker: “The corporation as we know it, which is now 120 years old, is … Continue reading
Are We On the Cusp of a Transformation in Electric Generation Technology?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor The U.S. electric power industry was born in 1882 when Thomas Edison’s Edison Electric Illuminating Company opened a central generating station at Manhattan’s Pearl Street. Soon thereafter a number of small distribution … Continue reading
How to Understand Electric Market Structures
By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor Understanding how electric markets are structured used to be simple. Just figure out who the vertically integrated utility is, then who regulates it and how. But since the days of deregulation (or … Continue reading
Why Does Cold Create Electric Outages in Texas?
By Greg Stark, Enerdynamics Instructor The recent cold snap that put central Texas in a deep freeze generated some buzz among those in the electric industry as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) declared a System III emergency followed … Continue reading
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