Tag Archives: Electric Systems

Are We On the Cusp of a Transformation in Electric Generation Technology?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Enerdynamics

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 →

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How to Understand Electric Market Structures

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Enerdynamics

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 →

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Texas Outages Due to Physical Problems, not Market Failure

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Enerdynamics

by Greg Stark, Enerdynamics Instructor Back in February, I wrote a blog post titled Why Does Cold Create Outages in Texas?, which examined the series of events leading up to and the possible reasons for central Texas’ rolling blackouts of … Continue reading →

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