Tag Archives: Electricity Training

What Can the Energy Industry Do About Hackers and Cyberspies?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor It seems you can’t turn on the news lately without hearing the latest report about hacking and cyberspies. And sadly, digging beyond the news makes it appear that the issue isn’t just … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Natural Gas | Tagged Cybersecurity, Electricity Training, Gas Pipelines, Natural Gas Training, Pipeline transport, SANS Institute, Vulnerability assessment | Leave a comment

Why Close a Perfectly Good Nuclear Power Plant?

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Enerdynamics

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 →

Posted in Electricity, Energy Training | Tagged Electric Utilities, Electricity generation, Electricity Training, Energy Education, future of electricity, Kewaunee, Nuclear, Nuclear power, Power plants | Leave a comment

Renewables Drive Western Electricity Markets to Real-time Competition

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Quietly, but seemingly inexorably, U.S. wholesale markets continue to march toward higher levels of competition. Later this year, Entergy will bring its 35,000 MW of load into the Midwest ISO (MISO). And … Continue reading →

Posted in Renewables | Tagged CAISO, Electric Markets, Electricity Training, Energy Training, MISO, Renewable Energy, Solar, System Operators, Wind power | 2 Comments

Enerdynamics Announces 2013 Schedule of Public Seminars for Energy Professionals

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Enerdynamics

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 →

Posted in Electricity, Energy Training, Natural Gas | Tagged Electricity Training, Energy Education, energy seminars, Energy Training, Natural Gas Training | 1 Comment

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

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Enerdynamics

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 →

Posted in Electricity, Energy Training | Tagged Electric power transmission, Electric regulation, Electricity Education, Electricity Training, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, PJM Interconnection, Real-time operating system, Regional transmission organization, Transmission line, United States | 2 Comments

An Inside Look at One Utility’s Response to Hurricane Sandy

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Enerdynamics

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 →

Posted in Electricity | Tagged Electric Utilities, Electricity Training, PECO Energy Company, Public Utililities, Utilities | Leave a comment

How Did U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit a 20-year Low?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Enerdynamics

By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Over the last 10 years, we have seen arguments ebb and flow over greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Not too long ago, federal legislation limiting carbon emissions seemed imminent. Then the … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Renewables | Tagged Carbon Emissions, CO2, Electricity Training, Energy Education, Energy Training, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Kaya Identity | Leave a comment

A Brighter Future for Coal Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycles? Part II

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Last week in Part I of this post we examined what a coal Integrated Gasification Combined-cycle (IGCC) unit is, how it works, and how it may change the future of coal as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Natural Gas | Tagged Electricity Training, Energy Education, Energy Training, IGCC, Integrated gasification combined cycle, Natural Gas Training | Leave a comment

When Onsite Energy Training Makes Economic Sense

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Enerdynamics

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics’ CEO At the public seminars we host across the country, I often meet groups of attendees from the same company who are taking advantage of our buy-three-get-the-fourth-free policy. It’s not unusual to see the same company … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Training | Tagged Electricity Training, Energy Education, energy seminars, Energy Training, Natural Gas Training | 1 Comment

Demand Side Management and Its Impact on Wholesale Electricity Markets

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Enerdynamics

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor The debate over the impact of demand response and energy efficiency in the wholesale power markets remains active. On the surface, there is an intuitive belief that if we better manage and even reduce demand, … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity | Tagged demand response, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Electricity Education, Electricity Training, Energy Education, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, ISO-New England, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, New England, PJM Interconnection | Leave a comment