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Tag Archives: Electric Utilities
How will utilities cope with shrinking electric demand growth? Part I
by Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor The electric industry has long been blessed with electricity demand growth. Starting back in the 1950s, the industry benefited from the growing penetration of electric technologies such as air conditioning and various appliances. The commercial market … Continue reading
Should Utilities Consider Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor President Obama has announced that the EPA will move forward with developing greenhouse gas regulation for existing power plants, with a goal of implementing regulations by mid-2014. Natural gas prices have risen 42% … Continue reading
Demand Response Need Not Cause Customer Pain
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor At least in some parts of the U.S., demand response has been an important factor in energy planning since the 1980s. When I was an account representative in Northern California in the … Continue reading
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
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
How Could the Lights Go Out at the Super Bowl?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor When I worked for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in the late 1980s, the San Francisco area hosted a classic World Series in which the San Francisco Giants played against their … Continue reading
An Inside Look at One Utility’s Response to Hurricane Sandy
I think most of us in the Philadelphia area feel fortunate. We felt the storm’s impact: the local flooding, soggy basements, fallen trees, and downed power lines. At some point during the storm, the local electric utility PECO Energy lost … Continue reading
Electric and Gas Utilities’ Response to Wildfires
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Here in Enerdynamics’ Laporte office we can see the smoke from the High Park Fire – reportedly the third largest wildfire in Colorado history – as it burns in the hills west … Continue reading
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