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WIND ENERGY - the good, the bad, and the ugly news!

I recently had the opportunity to attend the WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition in Houston Texas. This event is reported to be the largest annual wind energy event in the world. There were approximately 770 exhibits and roughly 12,000 attendees. Actual wind turbine blades were on exhibit outside...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2008 11:32 AM by caskeyj

Filed under: Smart Grid, renewable energy

New UL Holographic Labeling Requirements and NEMA Product Sections

Recently, Underwriters Laboratories sent a letter to NEMA Luminaire manufacturers announcing a January 1, 2009 requirement to implement holographic labeling in support of an expanding UL program to fight counterfeit products. Historically, UL has only applied these requirements to products made overseas...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2008 2:25 PM by boesenberga

Another WIN for utility ratepayers

Today, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced the initiation of a program that will help electric utilities more quickly incorporate energy-efficient electric transformers into their distribution grids. The ratepayers win because the...

Published Tue, Jun 17 2008 12:47 PM by caskeyj

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Environment

Z Man

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down, the song goes. But for me, dark dank days generally bode well for a workout. So I grabbed my iPod and headed to the gym in the basement of the condo. I stretched, flexed, jumped on the recumbent bike, and hit quick start. Nothing. No blinking lights, no pedal...

Published Tue, Jun 03 2008 3:39 PM by Walsh, Patricia

Filed under: Electrical Safety

Just a Thought

Walking for exercise is great. I have to confess that I don't do it enough. Besides the exercise, walking gives me the time to think and observe my surroundings. As one of NEMA's go-to guys when it comes to High Performance Buildings, it's not surprising that on these walks through nature...

Published Tue, Jun 10 2008 8:16 AM by Hoyt, William

Filed under: Energy Efficiency

Electrical Deregulation is good only if prices go down

As reported recently in the Washington Times , the District, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware have filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) against PJM Interconnect arguing that electricity auctions resulted in unreasonably inflated prices. The complaint relates...

Published Wed, Jun 11 2008 12:58 PM by Choinski, Scott

Filed under: Electrical Grid, Regulation

Leaning and REACHing Too Far

This morning's Washington Post features a front-pager (so far left on the front page that it almost falls off) that fails to explain the real thrust of the European Union's new regulations on chemical safety and implies that U.S. authorities and industry fail to protect us from toxic materials...

Published Thu, Jun 12 2008 10:34 AM by updykec

Filed under: Environmental Design, Trade

Asleep at the Helm?

After offering some tough talk on inflation and the dollar only a couple of weeks prior, Ben Bernanke & Co. (save for FOMC member Fisher) punted again this week on interest rates, on the rationale that growth remains weak and that "inflation is expected to moderate later this year and next year...

Published Fri, Jun 27 2008 4:13 PM by Lego, Brian

Filed under: Economy

Electrical Safety Under Siege

It has now become quite clear that Brussels and the information technology industry (on both sides of the Atlantic) are attacking on as many fronts as possible in their efforts to undermine the third-party-certification-based system that has been ensuring electrical safety in this country for over a...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2008 7:51 AM by Meakem, John

Filed under: Electrical Safety

Industry Involvement in IEC TC 113 is Critical

Activity in this relatively young IEC committee is going to pick up substantially in the coming months with many new work items to be proposed. Companies that make use of carbon nanotubes in their products, or companies whose products exhibit improved performance and characteristics from nanomaterials...

Published Fri, Jun 13 2008 5:37 PM by leibowitzm

Filed under: General

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