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» Contents // // November/ December 2007 60 10 41 76 Departments Our Take 32 Features 18 4 6 8 10 12 16 41 Continental Grid Vision Needed Readers’ Views and Opinions Next for National Grid Clearing the Air The Need for Nuclear Energy Trade Status Report Generation Techologies The Age of Superconductors Leaders with Vision Get Ready for Plug-in Hybrids Betting on Batteries Cost of Decarbonizing LeTTers illustration By MikE austin FinanciaL FrOnT the Innovators At a time of unprecedented challenge, new ideas and innovations are reshaping the power industry. The state that continues to redefine the rules. A regulator seeks to inspire. A leading scientist outlines a path to securing carbon dioxide underground. John Rowe’s plan for action. Guide& sOurcebOOk 20 California on the Leading edge 22 FeRC sparks Change 23 Getting Coal Right TechnOLOGy FrOnTier 60 62 64 66 68 25 Leadership in times of turmoil 28 Innovation Delivers Return The view from the boardroom. inTrOducinG 70 Nuclear Helmsman – A chat with Dale Klein, chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. MeTrics 32 36 A tale of two IPos Two companies that have gone public, and their plans for curbing energy usage. Bringing in natural gas from abroad without triggering local opposition. 74 Global Energy Snapshot; Low-Income Energy Help; IT Spending Robust; The Greening of State Regulators; Generating Support. LeGaL e aGLe LnGs Bright Prospects Vol. 4, No. 6, 2007 by Energy Central. All rights reserved. Permission to reprint or quote excerpts granted by written request only. EnergyBiz (ISSN 1554-0073 ) is published bi-monthly by Energy Central, 2821 S. Parker Road, Suite 1105, Aurora, CO 80014. Periodical postage paid at Aurora, Colo., and additional mailing offices. Subscriptions are available by request. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to EnergyBiz, 2821 S. Parker Road, Suite 1105, Aurora, CO 80014. Customer service: (303) 782-5510. For change of address include old address as well as new address with both ZIP codes. Allow four to six weeks for change of address to become effective. Please include current mailing label when writing about your subscription. 76 78 80 84 86 Simplifying Offshore Wind Regs Chasing Construction Costs Energy Agency Sets New Course Deregulation Means Higher Rates Go-To Staffer FinaL Take 88 Nightmare in Manhatten 2 E n E rgyB i z November/December 2007

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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 - November/December 2007

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