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Tag Archives: Electric Utilities
Virtual Net Metering and the Future of Community Solar
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
States and Utilities Rethinking Customer-funded Energy Efficiency Programs?
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
The Energy Industry: A Review of 2013 Highlights and What May Come in 2014, Part II
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
The Energy Industry: A Review of 2013 Highlights and What May Come in 2014, Part I
By Bill Malcolm, guest author As we turn our calendars to a new year next Wednesday, it’s time to look back at major developments in the energy industry in 2013 and make some educated predictions at what we may see in … Continue reading
Customized Course Answers the Question “How Does a Utility Make Money?”
By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO Earlier this year one of our utility clients came to me with an interesting challenge. Years after it had been filed, a rate case decision was coming and would result in substantial rate increases for gas … Continue reading
Can Incentive Regulation Save the Future of Utilities?
By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Utilities in the U.S. are caught in a quandary. The traditional model for creating earnings growth for investors is built around increasing sales and growing capital investment. Yet as we move forward into … Continue reading
Gas and Electric Industries Seek a Happy Codependence, Part II
by Bill Malcolm, guest author In last week’s post we introduced the discussion on how the gas and electric industries are seeking ways to better coordinate the way the two industries operate. This is especially important as gas-fired electric generation is … Continue reading
Gas and Electric Industries Seek a Happy Codependence, Part I
by Bill Malcolm, guest author “Gas is from Venus, electricity is from Mars,” quipped Sue Kelly of the American Public Power Association to me in July at the NARUC Conference in Denver. In a nutshell, this summarizes the complex challenge of helping … Continue reading
Is Net Metering a Net Benefit or a Net Cost?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor The historical utility business model is for utilities to build large power plants at remote locations, build transmission lines to transport it to load centers, and build distribution lines to distribute the … Continue reading
Does Locational Marginal Pricing Matter to Customers?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor A number of years ago, I was teaching our Electric Market Dynamics course in New York City when a developer new to the power plant business described a project he was going to … Continue reading
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