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Obama continues to push infrastructure bank

A central policy recommendation touted by President Obama during his multistate bus tour this week is the creation of an infrastructure bank. But does it make sense to be talking about a new government program while we are battling with the highest national debt ever? In a word, yes. Despite the unprecedented...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 8:30 AM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Electrical Grid, transmission, electricity, transmission corridors, infrastructure
Feds leave court ruling on transmission unchallenged

This week, the deadline passed for the federal government to appeal the February ruling by 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals which invalidated the establishment of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors. These NIETCs were conceived in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and designed by the Department...

Published Fri, May 05 2011 3:19 PM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, renewable energy, transmission, wind, transmission corridors, Solar Energy
The Newest Dirty Word: NIMBY

George Carlin was made famous for his 7 Dirty Words. But when it comes to meeting our electricity demands of the 21 st century, we can add another word whose utterance should cause shock and outrage to the general public: NIMBY. NIMBY (“Not in My Backyard”) is the genesis for much of the...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2011 10:16 AM by Creevy, Jim

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Economy, Environment, renewable energy, transmission, grid, wind, climate change, transmission corridors, energy, Jobs, efficiency, co2, Solar Energy
The president “has no clothes?”

We all remember Hans Christian Andersen’s story about the emperor and his new clothes, right? He was swindled by two weavers into believing that his new suit is made of fabric that is invisible to those who are stupid. And so the emperor, wearing this new suit, goes out among his subjects, until...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2011 2:18 PM by Talley, Ric

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, Regulation, renewable energy, transmission, wind, Energy Resources, transmission corridors, Public Option, Jobs, State of the Union, Obama, Environmental Stewardship, public panic, Solar Energy, Regulatory Reform
Siting Transmission Corridors: A Real Life Game of Chutes and Ladders*

Oh, for the simplicity of Chutes and Ladders ! In the massive effort to attain energy independence by connecting vast renewable energy resources with energy-hungry population centers, power transmission lines are both the obstacles and the solution—the chutes and ladders—to success. Everyone...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2010 5:18 PM by bilickib

Filed under: Electrical Grid, transmission, wind, Emerging Technologies, Energy Resources, transmission corridors, wave, wire, utility wires
Trimming Trees Trims Power Troubles

Utilities need to trim trees around overhead power lines to minimize power outages that may occur during powerful storms due to falling branches. Many times a utility’s tree trimming program runs into opposition from a locality’s tree canopy preservation policy. A town wants to preserve its...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2010 4:59 PM by choinskis

Filed under: Electrical Grid, Environment, transmission, grid
Fact Versus Fiction on Energy Storage Systems

Often, important emerging technologies get caught up in misconstrued facts and misunderstandings of capacities and roles in an already technology-driven and confusing world. An example of this can be found in a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, "Getting Real on Wind and Solar" by James Schlesinger...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 5:45 PM by Eric Schweitzer

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, Regulation, renewable energy, transmission, grid, PHEVs, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, demand response, wind, economic stimulus, meters, Emerging Technologies, Energy Storage
Energy Storage Technology Is Vital For "Smart" Grid Efforts

NEMA is taking the lead in making Smart Grid and Energy Storage technologies a reality. The NEMA Energy Storage Council (ESC) has held successful meetings where attendees have drafted a list of application categories that help define where Energy Storage (ES) and Distributed Generation (DG) technologies...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 12:08 PM by Eric Schweitzer

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Economy, Environment, Regulation, transmission, grid, Intelligent Transportation Management, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, NARUC, electricity, demand response, wind, DC power distribution, Economics
You Can’t Get There From Here

Many people would agree that renewable energy is a good thing. Getting electric utilities to rely less on coal and natural gas to fire plants would reduce one of the biggest sources of CO 2 emissions in the US. There is a problem with this strategy – transmission. As reported recently in the Washington...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2008 10:18 AM by Scott Choinski

Filed under: Electrical Grid, transmission

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