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Advocating for NPT Thread Standards

National Pipe Thread Tapered (NPT) dimensions are essential for the proper mating of electrical cables to their threaded connections, most notably in North America, but in a multitude of cable installations around the world as well. As new standard IEC 62444, Cable glands , is developed, it is critical...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2008 12:21 PM by Leibowitz, Mike

Filed under: Electrical Safety, Safety and Standardization

LEDs: Taking a Bite Out of Energy Consumption

Seems lately every time I open the paper bad news glares at me. Defaults on mortgages. Banks going belly up. Strange food-borne illnesses. Higher food and fuel costs. More problems in the Middle East. Thank goodness for the electrical industry and its non-stop pursuit of greater energy efficient technologies...

Published Tue, Jul 29 2008 12:05 PM by Stephen Gold

Filed under: Energy Efficiency

So What Was the Deal?

What, you mean I have to re-draft my blog item! Here I had something sublimely despondent already written up about how the current World Trade Organization “mini-ministerial” meeting was proving a waste of time with no one willing to really engage, when word came late Friday that a “breakthrough” had...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2008 9:51 AM by Meakem, John

After solving nation's energy problems, DoE moves onto healthcare

I've always felt that my dentist's office was far too air-conditioned for its own good, but who knew that hospitals are some of the most intensive electricity consumers? Certainly makes sense for the DoE to help improve the efficiency (and lower the operating costs) of our health care facilities...

Published Fri, Jul 25 2008 10:43 AM by Eric Hsieh

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, medical imaging

A Case of Depression

Robert Samuelson penned a great opinion piece in today's Washington Post. While I'm not a big reader of the opinion page, oftentimes I find myself agreeing with the things he has to say. The target of his article is the popular opinion the U.S. economy is in or near a depression, which is reflected...

Published Wed, Jul 23 2008 2:52 PM by Brian Lego

Filed under: Economy

A Toe-Tapper at the White House

I was fortunate to attend an event yesterday where President Bush once again called on Congress to approve free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. NEMA fully backs the Agreements, which, if approved and implemented, stand to improve U.S. electroindustry exporters' market access...

Published Wed, Jul 23 2008 1:44 PM by Updyke, Craig

Filed under: Trade

PHEV's Can’t Plug In if There’s No Place To Plug Them!

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) among other hybrid technologies are being portrayed as the “product du jour” for solving the high-priced gasoline problem internationally and now nationally with our current energy crisis situation at large. Already Toyota, GM...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2008 5:46 PM by Alvin Scolnik

Filed under: Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, PHEVs, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles

The NARUC Meetings - Monday Report

During the opening session, Nancy Brockway from the National Regulatory Research Institute probably had the takeaway line. She noted that regulations are not the best way to incorporate novel technologies. While she did not have a prescriptive solution, she cautioned the audience to look behind the curtain...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2008 5:28 PM by Eric Hsieh

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, NARUC

The NARUC Meetings - Live from Portland

The National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC) is holding its summer meetings this week in Portland, Oregon. These are the state officials that approve electricity rates we all pay, as well as the infrastructure investments utilities can make. Given the heightened attention our nation is...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2008 5:13 PM by Eric Hsieh

Filed under: NARUC, electricity, demand response

A New, Even Better “Electric Company”

Remember that dynamic TV show? Aimed at elementary school kids who had “graduated” from “Sesame Street”, “The Electric Company” (as in the light bulb going on in someone’s head) sought to generate interest in reading through a hip, humorous array of skits, songs and (for the time) advanced “electronic...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2008 7:50 AM by Meakem, John

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