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SCREEEEECH 2
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
That, my friends, is the sound of the California solar market grinding to a halt -- which is exactly what will happen if we don't lift the cap on net metering.
T Boone's gonna love this

How to shut down 93% of coal without building new plants or reducing power supply 27
Posted 6 months ago
A quick analysis shows that the underutilized U.S. natural gas power plant fleet could quickly ramp up to take most coal off-line -- at fairly low cost. Paging a Mr. Pickens!
Talkin' Bout Cogeneration

Two homeowners, one monster, and a cutting-edge power source 6
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
There's a monster in the basement, but Peter and Edith are going to slay it. They're replacing their outdated furnace with a state-of-the-art micro-cogeneration system -- one of the first used in a residential setting.
Runaway Joe

Debate: Roberts v. ‘clean coal’ flack Joe Lucas 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Here's an online debate between me and clean coal spokesflack Joe Lucas, originally run by the PBS show NOW.
Good Griddance

Ask Umbra on living off the grid 17
Posted 7 months ago
What does it mean to live off the grid, and how can you get in on the action? Tune in to Umbra's latest advice.
April Powers

EPA announces collegiate Green Power winners; competition fails to change power buying habits 1
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
The Ivy League is the greenest of them all, according to the EPA, which today announced the college and university winners of the Green Power challenge -- a competition to motivate American schools to purchase more renewable energy.
Water we waiting for

The unrecognized link between water and energy 2
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Our nation is in the midst of some serious energy and water problems, but what many may not realize is that these two issues are very closely linked.
'Green' lines for 'clean' coal?

We need responsible planning for electrical transmission lines 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
In recent weeks, there has been a flurry of activity surrounding new transmission lines. With hearings and legislation in Washington, D.C. and multi-state transmission corridor projects on the drawing board, there are a lot of questions.
Red grid scare

Glenn Beck attacks smart grid as socialist plot to steal our thermostats 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Glenn Beck, the conservative ideologue whose show is mocked by fellow Fox News anchors, recently attacked plans to modernize our electric grid. After Carol Browner, President Obama's climate and energy adviser, said that a smart grid means "we can get to a system where an electric company will be able to hold back some of the power so that maybe your air conditioner won't operate at its peak, you'll still be able to cool your house, but that'll be a savings to the consumer," Beck argued that would lead to "one-world government" with "Czar Browner" in charge of everyone's air conditioners.
Gridtastic

The net’s best introduction to the smart grid 0
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Jim Rogers’ chutzpah, geothermal’s promise, Larson’s carbon tax, and efficiency’s returns 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
AEP wants rate increase to make up for revenue loss 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why electric utilities like coupling 0
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Me, in the L.A. Times on Los Angeles’ Measure B 0
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Grid reliability statistics look good, if you don’t consider the flaws 9
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Biggest California utility contracts for world’s biggest solar power deal 12
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Biggest California utility contracts for world’s biggest solar power deal 23
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The game plan: The mother of all energy bills 10
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Big is beautiful if it breaks our dead-dinosaur addiction 34
Posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Against the so-called ‘need’ for new long-distance, high-voltage transmission lines 11
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago