Michael Giberson From the New York Times: Suzlon has expanded rapidly as global demand for wind energy has taken off. Its sales and earnings tripled in the quarter ended June 30, as the company earned the equivalent of $41.6 million on sales of $202.4 million. The demand for wind turbines has particularly accelerated in India, …
Michael Giberson More than a month has gone by since the one-year anniversary of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, which means that the final report to Congress of the five member inter-agency Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force is more than a month past due. The task force, composed of staffers from the Department of …
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Michael Giberson In a follow up to my post earlier in the week, I noticed this headline from the Contra Costa Times, “Utilities fall behind on green goals: State officials admit report showing conservation, use of renewable resources not on track is troublesome.” Not that California state officials aren’t dedicated, but perhaps more than dedication …
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Michael Giberson On the Washington Monthly site, Kevin Drum took the occasion of a New York Times story on California’s new greenhouse gases law to praise California for its dedication to energy efficiency and conservation. Drum reported a decline in per capita energy use in the state since 1970, which happened, he said, “largely because …
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Michael Giberson Maryland’s highest court has ruled that the state’s legislature overstepped its authority when it passed a law firing the five members of the Public Service Commission and directing the Governor to appoint replacements from a legislature-selected list of candidates. All is not yet sweetness and light in Maryland, however, as one prominent gubernatorial …
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Michael Giberson What makes an old power plant new again? It is a complicated question, possibly deeply philosophic and suggestive of a zen koan. Perhaps the answer is that there is no answer. Unfortunately, that answer isn’t good enough for public policy. The Clean Air Act requires new generators to get permits, and even old …
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Michael Giberson No shameless self-promotion involved in this posting, but in otherwise related electric rate news the Boston Globe reports that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is favoring a proposal to implement time-of-use rates for residential customers in the state. According to the article, the plan would have a higher afternoon rate between 2 PM and …
Lynne Kiesling I’ve been so busy that I’ve even missed the opportunity for some shameless self-promotion. Mary Wisniewski wrote an article in Thursday’s Sun-Times about recently-passed legislation that will require Illinois utilities to offer a real-time pricing contract to their residential customers. The legislation requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to make a determination of whether …
Michael Giberson In addition to the wind energy developments that Lynne noted a few days ago, in Texas the Public Utility Commission is working to implement changes to that state’s renewable energy law. The Houston Chronicle reports that a battle has broken out over how to count mandatory and voluntary purchases of renewable energy for …
Lynne Kiesling There’s been a lot of interesting wind power news items in the past week or so: 1. An Oregonian article on community wind power investments in smaller-scale projects in rural Oregon: “Although community wind is characterized by its contained scope and local tie-in, it is by no means quaint. The projects use the …
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