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EnergyBiz - November/December 2009

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:21:37 -0400

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- Energy Biz - November/December 2009
- Contents
- Grid Musings
- Letters
- Fortunes in Cap and Trade
- Stimulus, Smart Grid and Utility Budgets
- Vertical Integration Revisited
- Curbing Construction Costs
- One Great General Store
- Regulating a Revolution
- Beyond Boulder
- Implications of Grid Experiment
- A Consortium Approach
- New Life for Nuclear
- Cleaning Up
- Duke Goes to China
- Securing the Enterprise
- Supercomputers Aid Nuclear Design
- Inverse Engineering and Design
- Exploring Coal Gasification
- Quest for a Better Way
- World Nuclear Snapshot/T&D Spending Trends
- Regulation and Smart Energy
- Arizona Transmission Success
- Rivals as Partners
- Spurring Renewables in Mexico
- Hoosier Power
- Supplement: Special Report: Vision 2015

EnergyBiz - Sept/Oct 2009

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:01:21 -0400

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- EnergyBiz September/October 2009
- Table of Contents
- It's a Small World
- Letters
- Gas Triumphant
- The Psychology of Efficiency
- Coal in the Tank
- The Little Engine That Can
- Carbon Quest
- Q-Cells in America
- Embracing Transformation
- Wrestling with Change
- Transmission Game
- Managing Energy
- Let's Get Going
- Spurring Competition
- CIO Exodus
- Launching Space Power
- Underwater Strategies
- Now Pitching for PSEG
- Stock Rollercoaster/Cap and Trade Allowance Consumer Impact
- A High-wire Act
- The Greening of Kansas City
- The New Captain of the NRC
- Exciting America's Youth

Energy Biz - July/August 2009

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:31:51 -0400

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- Energy Biz - July/August 2009
- Contents
- Questions Cloud Solar
- Letters
- To Build or Not to Build
- Creating a Talent Pool
- Offshore Wind is Offing
- China Pioneers
- Are Energy Grids Smart Enough?
- Providing Cyber Security
- Safeguarding the Smart Grid
- Riding the Federal Funding Wave
- Executive Pay Pains
- Computers Not Enough
- Generation on Hold
- Every Last Drop
- Low-Level Waste Mounts
- Independence in Oregon
- Diversified Renewables
- Cell Power
- Cyber Threats to Power –A Conversation with Michael Chertoff
- Stimulating Green, Power Construction Surge
- Big Apple’s Energy Policy
- Cap and Trade is Not Enough
- Bermuda Charts its Energy Future
- Betting on Wind

Energy Biz - May/June 2009

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:32:16 -0400

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- Energy Biz - May/June 2009
- Contents
- It Goes Without Saying
- Letters
- Carbon Capture Test
- The Business of Geothermal
- Poised for Takeoff
- The Natural Gas Fit
- The EnergyBiz KITE Award Winners of 2009
- Bridging the Abyss
- EBLF 2009
- Managing Wind Risk
- Adapting to Renewables
- Cooperation and Investment Needed
- Inside Russia
- Expanding Gas Empire
- Information Technology Innovations
- New Approaches
- Deploying the Smart Grid
- Uranium Production Boost
- Fusion Gains Momentum
- Small Looms Large
- Hydro One Gets Smart
- Setting the Pace
- Nuclear Support, Nuclear Ignorance, Tops in Customer Satisfaction, LNG Imports Surge
- Powering Developing Countries
- Texas Points the Way
- Politics at Bay
- Canadian Pipe
- Play Ball

Energy Biz - March/April 2009

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:32:04 -0500

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- Energy Biz - March/April 2009
- Contents
- Efficiency Takes Center Stage
- Coal Ash Piles Up
- Stock Market Roller Coaster
- Setting Standards
- Unions Set Goals
- Land Partners
- Flaws in Carbon Principles
- A New Direction for DOE
- Obama’s Brain Trust
- Pursuit of a Nuclear Strategy
- EDF’s Nuclear Ambition
- A Conversation with David Crane
- As California Goes, So Goes the Nation
- Vendors Adapt to Hard Times
- Solar Makes Sense Now
- Where T&D Automation is Headed
- Photovoltaics and Utilities
- Bad Space Weather Risks
- The Power of Optics
- Moving Beyond Gasoline
- A Time for Leadership – An Interview with David Sokol
- Clean Investments Surge, Voter Snapshot
- Shoring Up Reliability
- The Rise of the Micro Exchange
- An Alternative Trading Platform
- Boucher Exit Interview
- Hard Times
- Enlisting Home PCs

Energy Biz - January/February 2009

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:56:58 -0500

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- Energy Biz - January/February 2009
- Contents
- Now Is the Time
- Letters
- National Labs Plan Ahead
- Research Is Pivotal
- Report from Yucca Mountain
- Tsunami
- Utilities Take Cover
- Wind Wildcatter
- In Search of Equity
- A Model for Coal Generation
- State Grid Initiatives
- Here Come Renewable Energy Zones
- Focus on Collaboration
- Getting to 'Yes' on Smart Grid
- Wanted: Infrastructure
- Utilities Wrestle with Obstacles
- FERC Seeks More Planning Muscle
- Working on Smart Grid
- Integrating Wind
- Fresh Thinking in Information Technology
- Changing How the World Works
- Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
- Black Silicon
- The French Solution – An Interview with Jacques Besnainou
- Regulatory Judgment/Concentrating Solar Power Pursuit/Top Concerns/Power Wasted on Lights
- Getting Gas Lines Approved
- Carbon on the Block
- Cap-and-Trade Is Bad
- University Energy Pioneers

Energy Biz - November/December2008

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:26:14 -0500

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- Energy Biz- November/December 2008
- Contents
- The Financial Meltdown and Our Energy Future
- Letters
- Growing Waste to Energy
- New Coal Economics
- Building Wind Manufacturing
- Utilities Find New Ways to Cope
- Entergy Focuses on Trees
- Mixed Gas Outlook
- Constellation Explosion
- Making the Hard Choices
- Prescription for Change
- The Vanishing Dream
- The Toughest Job in America
- Inventing Our Energy Future
- Entrepreneurial Ferment
- Entergy’s Spin-off
- The Boom is On
- Keeping the Lights On
- Knowledge Management
- Shining a Laser on Coal
- Deep Sea Injection
- Let’s Build a Superhighway
- Underground Treasure
- The Wonders of Compressed Air
- The Best of Utility Information Harvesters
- Hydro Revisited
- Strengthening Cyber Security
- The Green Circuits Project
- The Sheriff of Smart Grid — Sergel on Outages and Failing Financial Markets
- Costly Outages; Renewables and Gas Generation Surge; Flat Growth In Electricity; Residential Electric Prices Climb
- Overcoming Obstacles to Transmission
- Strong Wind Buffets Bonneville
- Fuel Surcharge Report Card
- Legal Nightmares
- Catching Rays
- The Energy Shadow Government
- Manure Power

Energy Biz - September/October 2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:35:51 -0400

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- Energy Biz - September/October 2008
- Contents
- Energy Secretary John Rowe
- Letters
- Focusing on Smart Transmission Investment
- A New Prairie Venture
- Uranium Supply Questions
- Hot Utility Stocks
- Canadian Exports Surge
- Leadership and Learning
- Bringing Gas to the Lower 48
- Squaring Off on Energy
- The Cost of Failing Infrastructure
- Meters' Golden Hour
- Congestion Pricing Is the Solution
- California Meters Up
- View from the Bridge
- Public Power Braces For Change
- The Future Is Now
- Oncor Gives Customers Control
- Cusp of a Revolution
- Part of the Solution
- Improving Communications with Customers
- Time to Get Moving
- Deepwater Wind
- The Lure of Ultra-Supercritical
- Texas Goes Nodal
- Waste to Energy Innovation
- Harvesting Solar Power in Space
- Camera Triggers Plant Shutdown
- Dealing with Cyber Threats
- Dominion's Multifaceted Empire - Farrell Active On Many Fronts
- Trade Shows Draw Larger Crowds; Lining Up for Nuclear Green Light; Power Construction Up; LNG Ramp Up
- Informing Congress
- Policies to Spur Solar
- Time to Save
- New Jersey Catches Rays
- Illinois' Fresh Approach to Smart Grid
- Falcons Roost at Xcel

Energy Biz - July/August 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:43:14 -0400

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- Energy Biz - July/August 2008
- Contents
- Fund ITER Now
- Letters
- Incenting Savings
- Coal’s New Challenge
- Building on Hydro Riches
- Asset Shoppers Target Utilities
- North Dakota Vision
- An Energy World in Transition
- Bridging Our Energy Future
- Miles per Kilowatt
- Here Comes the Smart Grid
- GridWise Alliance Supplement
- Pay for Performance
- The Promise of Video Surveillance
- The Superhighway to Sustainability
- Dealing with Assets
- Renewables are Doable
- ZigBee Makes Play
- Smarter Forecasting
- Think Small
- New Approaches to Energy
- Ready for a Revolution — IEA’s Nobuo Tanaka
- Capacity Additions Continue to Slide; Increase in Rate Increases; Regulators Embrace Changes; Let There Be Light
- Raising the Bar
- Ratepayers Are Customers Too
- Embracing Carbon Principles
- Getting States Efficient
- Waning Tax Credits
- Rust Belt to Renewable Belt
- Reflections on Regulation — Don Mason of Ohio

Energy Biz - May/June 2008

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:47:31 -0400

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- Energy Biz - May/June 2008
- Contents
- A Movement is Born
- Readers’ Opinions
- Building a Pathway to the Future
- The Rising Risks Faced by Utilities
- Binding Europe and Africa
- Extended Nuclear Life
- Prices Are Rising
- Youth Influencers
- Training for Efficiency
- Out of the Box
- Expect the Unexpected
- The U.S. Seizes Leadership Role
- The Frontiers Of Change
- The WIREC World – Toward Global Cooperation
- Bringing Light to the Himalayas
- Going with Geothermal
- The Next Generation
- Wanted: Nuclear Engineers
- The Emerging Global Intelligent Utility
- Chinese Power
- An Iffy Proposition
- Fizzle
- Future Expectations
- Chilled Ammonia Gets a Warm Reception
- A Rotating Solar Device
- Mississippi River Generation
- Calling All Energy Visionaries
- The Khazzoom-Brookes Postulate
- Sailing to Commanding Heights - CEO Hudgens on PPM Energy
- M&A Deals Surge Around the World
- Riding the Rails
- Reshaping LA’s Utility
- Boulder Boosts Smart Grid
- Washington Energy Maverick
- The Sweet Success of Texas Retail
- Feed-In Tariffs
- Capping and Trading
- Women Designing Energy Policy
- Avoiding Venice’s Fate

Energy Biz - March/April 2008

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:18:31 -0500

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- Energy Biz - March/April 2008
- Contents
- Let Them Debate
- Readers’ Opinions
- Asian Energy Surge Hits America
- Nuclear in Idaho
- The Global Nuclear Renaissance
- Deep Gulf Gas Developed
- Entergy New Orleans Is Jazzed
- It’s the Grid
- A Helping Hand
- SPP’s Vision
- PJM Builds for the Future
- Here Comes the Sun
- The Role of Solar
- It’s Doable
- Leadership Roundtable
- Winning Over Customers
- Utility Bloggers
- Getting Complicated
- Streamlining Billing
- Small is Beautiful
- The Power of Molten Salt
- The Future of FutureGen
- New Nuclear Tools
- Spectra Energy Builds a Business - CEO Fowler on Challenges Ahead
- Stellar Stocks, Cellar Stocks; Nuclear Success; Wind is Up; Reliability Concerns
- Presidential Energy Dance
- Profiting from Energy Efficiency
- States vs. Feds
- Regulation in the Show-Me State
- Point: Seeking Transparency
- Counterpoint: Balancing Act
- Uganda Gets Hydro Project

EnergyBiz - January/February 2008

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:43:40 -0500

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- EnergyBiz - January/February 2008
- Contents
- From Malawi to Texas - A World of Possibilities
- Readers’ Opinions
- Coal Controversies - Building Debate
- POINT: Thumbs Down on Sunflower
- COUNTERPOINT: Let Us Build
- Lassoing Panhandle Wind
- Africa’s Energy Hope
- The Future of Futures Regulation
- Running Smarter
- The Denmark Challenge
- Changing Society
- Why Denmark?
- Leadership Roundtables
- CFOs: Ready for Unprecedented Challenge
- CIOs: Pursuit of Intelligence
- Global Big Boys in Natural Gas
- Reaching the Next Level
- Moving Out
- The Pursuit of Automation
- Transmission Drivers
- New Approaches to Hydro
- Denver Airport Goes Solar
- Going with the Flow
- Wireless Monitoring Advances
- Hybrids Tap Grid
- Vestas Commands the Skies - A chat with CEO Ditlev Engel
- World’s Aging Nuclear Fleet, Tax Light, Construction Work Zooms, Giants in Wholesale, IT Spending Level
- Generating with Environmental Mandates
- Limiting Foreign Investment
- Infrastructure Needed
- Markets Power Clean Energy
- Embattled Competition
- Securing Energy Assets
- Cambridge Brain Trust

EnergyBiz - November/December 2007

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:24:12 -0500

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- EnergyBiz - November/December 2007
- Contents
- Continental Grid Vision Needed
- Readers’ Views and Opinions
- Next for National Grid
- Clearing the Air
- The Need for Nuclear
- Energy Trade Status Report
- The Innovators
- California On The Leading Edge
- FERC Sparks Change
- Getting Coal Right
- Leadership in Times of Turmoil
- Innovation Delivers Return
- A Tale of Two IPOs
- LNGs Bright Prospects
- Generation Techologies
- The Age of Superconductors
- Leaders with Vision
- Get Ready for Plug-in Hybrids
- Betting on Batteries
- Cost of Decarbonizing
- Nuclear Helmsman – A chat with Dale Klein, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Global Energy Snapshot; Low-Income Energy Help; IT Spending Robust; The Greening of State Regulators; Generating Support
- Simplifying Offshore Wind Regs
- Chasing Construction Costs
- Energy Agency Sets New Course
- Deregulation Means Higher Rates
- Go-To Staffer
- Nightmare in Manhatten

EnergyBiz - September/October 2007

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:05:37 -0400

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- Cover
- Contents
- Challenges Facing the Kingdom of Coal
- Letters
- Natural Gas Challenges
- Help Wanted
- New Challenges Demand New Solutions
- Turning Consumers into Customers
- Venture Capital Flood
- Arch Coal’s Future Focus
- Achieving Balance
- Building Rail to the Coal Fields
- Getting Ready for Change: An Executive Summit
- Power Politics
- Metering and Data Management
- CIOs in the Boardroom
- Solving the Waste Conundrum
- Solar Manufacturers Flock to Oregon
- Spectrolab’s Solar Breakthrough
- New Strategies Drive Hydrogen
- The Future of Futures - NYMEX President James E. Newsome
- Achieving a Unifi ed Energy Policy
- Regulators OK with Mega-Deals
- Focus on the Long-Term Gains
- The Regulation of Offshore Wind
- Massachusetts Backs Efficiency
- Rising Expectations - Robert W. Galvin on the Galvin Initiative

EnergyBiz - July/August 2007

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:59:56 -0400

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- Contents
- Our Take- Ocean Winds, Summer Thoughts
- Letters
- Financial Front- IGCC in Waiting
- Frontiers of Coal Generation
- Hire Women
- Minority Assets
- Compact with the Customer
- Power Line Vision
- Consumers Owed Efficiency
- Renewables Boom
- Proxy Revelations
- The Nuclear Balance Sheet
- Guide&Sourcebook — Asset Management
- Technology Frontier- FutureGen’s Promise
- Secure Super Grid Debuts
- The Future of Superconducting Transmission
- Phasors Offer Grid Reliability
- Lessons from Outside the Utility World
- Energy Storage Breakthroughs
- Introducing- Bechtel Nuclear’s James Reinsch
- Metrics
- Legal Eagle — Empire State’s Energy Plan
- Coal Research Urgent
- States Know Best
- New Proactive FERC
- Final Take — Uncharted Waters – or Back to the Future?

Energy Biz - May/June 2007

Fri, 04 May 2007 16:27:41 -0400

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- Contents
- Bringing You the Energy World
- Letters
- New Approaches to Risk Management
- Basic Principles
- Profiting from Retail Choice
- Russia Beckons
- Business Models Driving Solar
- India Power Demand Surges
- The Rebirth of Nuclear
- The Regulator
- Telling the Story
- A Supplier
- The Workers
- The Future
- Utilities Dress Up for Wall Street
- Underground Solutions
- The Frontiers of Coal
- Guide & Sourcebook - Outsourcing
- Preparing Consumers
- Fuel Cells Ready for Prime Time
- Securing the Enterprise
- Cooperatives Brace for Growth
- Hydro-Quebec Invests in Efficiency and Renewables
- Metrics
- The Politics of Fish
- Responding to Climate Change
- It Takes a Rocket Scientist
- Condoleezza Rice's Energy Guy

Energy Biz - January/February 2007

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:25:39 -0500

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- Contents
- Our Take - Soaring to New Opportunities
- Letters
- Energy Business - HR Innovations
- The Lure of Asset Auctions
- Getting Smart with Generating Assets
- Arnold's Agenda
- Getting in Shape for The Challenges Ahead
- Putting a Lid on Emissions
- Guide & Sourcebok - Transmission & Distribution Automation
- Technology Frontier - Architects of Nuclear Innovation - The Promise of Pebble Bed Reactors
- Power Line Broadband Takes Hold
- Fighting Mercury Emissions
- Experimental Stores
- Introducing - Power by the Bay - PG&E's Peter Darbee
- Metrics - Utility Funds Grow, Coal Looms Large, Natural Gas Resources Surveyed, The Legal Thicket
- Legal Eagle - Confronting Challenge - TVA Gear Up
- View from the Northwest - BPA's Tough Decisions
- Toward a New Regulatory Framework
- Restructuring Revisited
- Final Take - Farming for Energy - Sunflower Electric's Bioenergy Center

EnergyBiz - November/December 2006

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:31:14 -0500

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- Contents
- Our Take - Once Again - A Prize-Winning Journal
- Letters
- Energy Business - Cracking the Bottlenecks
- Going the Distance at NRECA
- Challenges of Carrying Coal
- Derail the Monopoly
- Time to Innovate
- Roger Gale: Creating a Legacy
- Daniel Kammen: Call to Action
- Clark Gellings: Poised for Change
- Targeting the State Capital
- New Players Emerge - A new cast of major players confront changes in the natural gas pipeline business
- Southern Union Gas Saga - George Lindemann's pursuit of natural gas pipeline success
- Guide&Sourcebook - Generation Technologies - TXU's Texas-Sized Generation Build
- Technology Frontier - Focus on Geothermal: Extracting Earth's Energy
- Superconducting Sizzle - A New Cable Technology
- 2000-Watt Society - A Swiss Campaign
- Introducing - Mr. Roger's Neighborhood - The New Duke
- Metrics - IT Spending, Utilities Ranked on Emissions, Industry Snapshot, Your Regulator
- Legal Eagle - Ripples from the Kern River Rulling
- William Flynn: New York's Competition
- Recovering Costs in Missouri
- Final Take - Painting the Developing World Green

EnergyBiz - July/August 2006

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:25:31 -0400

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- Contents
- Our Take - Summer Read
- Letters
- Energy Business - Battle on the Frontier
- The Russians Are Coming
- The New Appeal of LNG
- Reaching Out - Fresh Answers to Worker Exodus
- Women Strong in IT
- View From the Trenches
- Power Sector Must Court Students
- Pioneering Solutions
- Worker Pool Dries Up
- Nuclear Takes Off
- Environmental Visionary Embraces Nuclear
- New Standards of Nuclear Security
- Guide & Sourcebook - Asset Management
- Technology Frontier - Something in the Air
- Flywheels Take Off
- The Sun, the Moon, and Sustainable Global Prosperity
- Introducing - Kinder Morgan's Scott Parker
- Metrics - Customer Pleasers, Polling
- Legal Eagle - El Paso Rate Hike Closely Watched
- Regulators Nurture LNG
- Exelon and PSEG Stumble to the Altar
- Blame Price Caps
- Final Take - Research Now More Than Ever

EnergyBiz - March/April 2006

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:24:34 -0500

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- Contents
- Our Take
- Letters
- Energy Business
- Future Business Models
- Rising to the Challenge of Industry Change
- Pursuit of Information
- IT and New Energy Frontiers
- CIO's Anguish
- Adapting to Change
- Recycling Nuclear Waste
- Concerns About Fast-Neutron Reactors
- The New Alure of Power Trading
- ICE Gets Hot
- The Rising Power of China
- China Pursues Renewables
- Guide & Sourcebook
- Technology Frontier
- New Gas Storage
- Introducing - Steering Tokyo Electric: Katsumata Charts Course
- Metrics
- Legal Eagle
- FERC's New Era
- California Goes Solar
- Final Take