Using Electric Utility Billing Rates To Drive Off-Peak Use
Regardless of what happens with renewables, we can all agree that energy efficiency represents a large part of getting where we need to be in terms of sustainability. But trying to make sense of...
View ArticlePlug-in America's Paul Scott Discusses Power Utilities on the 2GreenEnergy...
Here, Paul Scott from Plug-in America discusses the power utilities and electric transportation on a recent segment of the 2GreenEnergy Report. Full 30-minute show on electric transportation here.
View ArticleRenewable Energy Faces an "Institutional Bias"
Patrick OLeary of Futura Solar writes: Renewable energy faces an institutional bias. Upfront costs mean upfront tax payments. No stream of bills to pay means no stream of tax revenues to collect. Also...
View ArticleNotes on Electric Transportation
I just got off the phone with a friend of a friend, who heads up the electric vehicle strategy at one of the largest utilities in the U.S. Here are some of the ideas we covered: • Especially in the...
View ArticleThoughts from the 2012 Renewable Energy Finance Forum
It was great to be in San Francisco for another extremely successful meeting of the Renewable Energy Finance Forum, an occasion that gave me the opportunity to chat with Dennis McGinn (holding the book...
View ArticleNew Business Model for Our Power Utilities?
According to SmartGridNews, there is a pilot project in Maryland and Washington DC to bring about “a transition by electric utilities… to new business relationships with their customers, regulators,...
View ArticleElectric Utilities Are Under Pressure from Customers to Clean Up the Grid-Mix
In certain parts of the U.S., and I presume the rest of the world as well, electric utility customers are beginning to express their concerns about the modes by which their providers generate the...
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