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  • What’s the Next Move?

    Following yesterday's bipartisan defeat (subscription req'd) of the Emergency Economic Stability Act of 2008 (EESA, for short), many analysts are left scratching their heads and wondering "What comes next?" After equity markets tanked yesterday, some optimism has returned that Congress...
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  • IEEE Standards Board Approves Project to Develop Copycat Standard?

    From the "What could they have been thinking?" desk. On December 7, 2005, the IEEE Standards Board approved a Project Approval Request (PAR) for a new project to develop a standard for "Ground Rod Electrode, Clamp & Coupling Specification" ( http://standards.ieee.org/board/nes...

  • Texas Commission Reduces Safety Rules in Unincorporated Areas

    On September 1, 2008, the Texas State Legislature passed House Bill 1038, which requires that residential construction, both new and remodel, completed by builders in unincorporated areas or in areas not subject to municipal inspections must have a minimum of three inspections conducted by a fee inspector...
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  • “All This For A Turbine”

    Got juice? In Afghanistan power means, well, power, with international and Afghan forces recently going all out to bring a strategic source back on line. We’re talking about Kajaki, a lake and dam northwest of Kandahar that were key points-of-attack when the U.S. beseiged the Taliban in 2001. Now with...

  • Alternative Solution: Green Energy

    Wall Street is, apparently, in melt down. Jobs are being lost daily, compounding the problems of the banks, homeowners, homebuilders, and, of course, electric manufacturers. The U.S. economy is in crisis, but pouring money at the top of the pyramid will reach the individuals and institutions that drive...
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  • Water, Water, Where?

    You may have noticed that the future of our water supply has been getting more attention lately. What does that have to do with electricity? Of course, quite a bit of electricity is generated by the flow of water and even more can be into the future. But electricity also plays a major role in whether...

  • The Heart of The Problem

    Central to the credit market turmoil that has dominated the news in the last two weeks is the future direction of housing prices. As it stands, prices are expected to move lower as bloated inventories of unsold homes are worked off. However, inventories remain huge and, in some parts of the country,...
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  • Smart Grid - A Step Closer to Reality?

    Federal officials, electric utility execs, manufacturers and distributors, researchers, and a host of others from around the world have come to DC this week in honor of GridWeek , an annual gathering of "Smart Grid" stakeholders and thought leaders that is sponsored by DOE and the GridWise...
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  • Gone for Good

    While fierce debate continues [subscription req'd] in Washington over the Treasury plan, one event overlooked somewhat occurred during the weekend - Wall Street as we once knew it disappeared. After seeing three storied investment banks either falter or get absorbed by another company, Goldman Sachs...
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  • ICC moves to require CO alarms

    Congratulations to the ICC and its members for mandating the use of Carbon Monoxide detectors and for the countless lives this decision will help to save in the future! On Sunday, September 21, 2008, the voting members of the International Code Council assembled at the Final Action Hearings in Minneapolis...
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