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 power they will sell. Apparently, most …
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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, and competitors that would better align utility compensation with consumer benefit…” I’d …
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 in the photo to the left). Dennis …
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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 …
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 consider the impact of solar on peaking …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jlzlqPuzzU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] 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.
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 utilities’ billing policies for on- and …
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