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Our "Winner Take All" Electoral System

Another big day in the presidential primary process, with candidates facing off in Ohio and Texas. Much has been made over the past few months about the different delegate rules in each party, with the Democrats using proportional representation and the Republicans using a winner-take-all rule. In his...

Published Tue, Mar 04 2008 8:45 AM by golds

Filed under: General

A Rejoinder on Free Trade

We now take a break from our weekly recap of dour economic news to talk about a more fundamental issue, but one relevant to the current political climate: free trade, more specifically, NAFTA. Now that signs of economic weakness have become more abundant, the Democratic Party's candidates have once...

Published Fri, Mar 07 2008 2:45 PM by Lego, Brian

Is Your Bike Carrier GREEN?

Spring is in the air for most of the U.S. Now is the time for our thoughts to turn to vacations and hiking, biking, boating and just about anything outdoors. If you are taking your bikes with you on vacation, consider how much gas you waste by carrying your bikes on the roof of your car or van. My family...

Published Tue, Mar 11 2008 10:14 AM by caskeyj

Filed under: Energy Efficiency

So Will the U.S.-Colombia FTA Be Coming Up for Hill Ratification or Not?

The dance has been most curious. In recent days numerous Administration officials have been ratcheting up the rhetoric about formally sending the Colombia FTA to the Hill and forcing a vote -- without actually stepping over the line and sending it. For its part, the Hill leadership has continued to either...

Published Fri, Mar 14 2008 9:13 AM by Meakem, John

Time for ACTA

Last week we submitted comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on the proposed “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” between this country and our principal trading partners. With counterfeiting in the electrical equipment industry a growing problem worldwide, the idea of getting governments...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2008 1:51 PM by Meakem, John

Filed under: Anti-Counterfeiting

A Swing Towards More Regulation

Trusting the marketplace is “out” and regulation is “in.” So suggests a front-page Wall Street Journal story on March 24. “The idea that less regulation is better for the economy has held sway in Washington since the Reagan administration,” the story begins. “Now that consensus is crumbling ….” The writer...

Published Tue, Mar 25 2008 11:57 AM by golds

Filed under: Regulation

Transformer Core Steel A Problem in the Near Future

At an IEEE PES Transformer Committee meeting I attended recently, there was a discussion on the impact of the DOE transformer efficiency rule for Medium-Voltage Dry-Type and Liquid-Immersed distribution transformers on core steel. It is expected that there will be an increase in demand in 2009 and price...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2008 2:59 PM by Choinski, Scott

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Electrical Grid, Regulation

U.S. Fire Administration Officially Endorses Fire Sprinkler Systems for Homes

U.S. Fire Administrator Greg Cade announced this week that his agency is officially adopting the position that all homes should be protected by residential fire sprinklers. Only fire sprinklers can detect fire AND automatically control it – affording families the time to make a safe escape and protect...

Published Fri, Mar 28 2008 11:58 PM by Lindsay, Christopher

You Read Their Lips Correctly

A National Press Club invite to see senior advisors – all with impressive resumes – from the three presidential campaigns talk about trade issues in the wake of the NAFTA uproar a few weeks ago! How could I possibly turn that down? Senator McCain’s representative was of course the most boring. Though...

Published Mon, Mar 31 2008 7:37 AM by Meakem, John

Poking fun at going green

An article in today's Washington Post made light of the "going green" movement, and like many other things in life I suppose there comes a time when matters of great consequence spawn caricatures and silliness is exposed as some of the examples in the Post article suggest. The "greener"...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2008 5:54 PM by Silcox, Clark

Filed under: Energy Efficiency

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