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Protesters object to short FirstEnergy meeting, CEO's silence
May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Betty Lin-Fisher The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio - FirstEnergy's annual meeting of shareholders lasted 10 minutes Tuesday morning as the company took measures to try to keep protesters who had been bused in from voicing their displeasure against the company. More...
Effect of electric rate on customers uncertain
May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jared Hunt Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. - There is a 50 percent chance that residential Appalachian Power customers could pay higher rates under Century Aluminum's proposed special rate structure, a commodities analyst said. More...
Ameren: Scammers trying to get your Social Security number with Obama claim
May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. - Ameren officials warned Tuesday of scammers who are trying to illegally obtain the Social Security numbers of customers in Illinois and Missouri. More...
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PPL to Pay Quarterly Stock Dividend July 2
ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire - PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) on Wednesday (5/16) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.36 per share, payable July 2, 2012, to shareowners of record as of June 8, 2012. More...
Alpha Natural Resources Publishes First Sustainability Report
BRISTOL, Va., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  - Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR), a leading U.S. coal supplier, is pleased to announce the publication of its first sustainability report, "Fueling Progress." More...
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By Mark Wooldridge - Base breaks ground on solar project - The Marine Corps Logistics Base broke ground Monday morning on a solar photovoltaic more...

NPP – Part 2 – Remote NPPs - Transfer of energy

Blogger Photo By Chavdar Azarov - From previous article “NPP – cooling of melting core” the surrounding water might be used for emergency cooling/ flooding of more...

The Truth About The TXU Free Nights Plan

Blogger Photo By Holbert Janson - TXU's latest electricity rate plan (marketing gimmick) is designed to grab consumer’s attention. But for most people, it’s not likely more...

Gale generators – Part 4 – Storage system

Blogger Photo By Chavdar Azarov - From previous article “Three – the most sustainable wind harvester” comes a hint to Cyber three. Cyber three has to more...

What about the greenhouse gas impact of backup power??

By Mark Wooldridge - NREL Narrows Energy Tech Emissions Estimates - The question of which energy technologies generate the most greenhouse-gas emissions - cradle more...
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Demystifying Utility Analytics -- What it's all about, where it's going, and how to get started.

 Monday May 21, 2012 - 11:00 AM Eastern - Virtual Event

This webinar offers pragmatic advice for utilities that are considering data analytics investments; it shares insights from a utility that has been on the leading edge of the data analytics movement in power generation; and it discusses the opportunity to more...

Securing AMI at BC Hydro: The Benefits of a Multi-Layered Security Architecture

 Thursday May 31, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

Cyber security is one of the top concerns for utilities that are implementing a smart grid network solution. Consumer privacy and data integrity are critical. The good news is that industry leaders have established proven processes and procedures to mitigate more...

New Challenges for Operating the Utility Enterprise

 Thursday Jun 21, 2012 - 12:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

Uncertainty haunts the United States utility industry: Natural-gas prices have plummeted, environmental regulations are throttling coal-fired power, and nuclear power's viability is being questioned in the wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster and the termination of the Yucca Mountain nuclear more...
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In the Head of Energy Secretary Chu

By Ferdinand E. Banks
As most readers of this short paper probably know, Dr. Steven Chu is the energy secretary of the United States, a physicist, and a Nobel Laureate. Discovery Magazine, in its latest issue (2011), selected what more...
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Past, present, future

By Duncan Sinclair
The credit crisis that has dominated the international agenda for the last year has been largely driven by systemic shocks to global financial markets, yet one of the biggest shocks to individual financial institutions came more...
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From Shovel Ready Projects to Sustainable Partnerships

By Roger Feldman
The most important of all the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Act" or "ARRA") initiatives could be the reformulation of the DoE Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Program. This could be true more...
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The American (Energy) Patient

By Ferdinand E. Banks
I would like to begin by stating that while the subject of energy economics has still not attained its 'critical mass' where book-length literature is concerned, there are an increasing number of short, non-technical papers more...
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Kyoto and the Stern Review of Climate Change

By Ferdinand E. Banks
In preparing the new printing of my energy economics textbook, several widely publicized topics were deliberately omitted. One of these was the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. On several occasions I heard more...
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