Lone Star state's electricity up for grabs?
Monday 30th of August 2010 02:29:41 AM
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| HOUSTON -- They call us the Lone Star State for a reason. Historically, Texas has been known to go it alone, forging its own path in a quest for self sufficiency. The same holds true when it comes to electricity. "It's a $20 billion dollar plus market right in the state of Texas alone. It's huge." said State Rep. Sylvester Turner of Houston. In the United States there are just three energy grids. There's the eastern interconnection and the western interconnection. Then there's Texas interconnection operated by ERCOT, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas. A recent report by the Texas... |
Senate dumps strategy to prevent EMP damage
Monday 30th of August 2010 02:29:41 AM
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| The U.S. Senate has dropped a House-approved plan that would prepare the United States to defend itself from an attack from any electromagnetic pulse source – whether it would be from a natural solar flare or the detonation of a space-located nuclear weapon by enemies intent on destroying America's infrastructure, according to a representative who has raised alarms over EMP. |
Social business harnesses corporate brains to help poor
Monday 30th of August 2010 02:29:41 AM
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| 'Social business' harnesses corporate brains to help poor BY HISASHI NAITO AND RYUICHIRO TAKESHITA THE ASAHI SHIMBUN 2010/07/23 Muhammad Yunus (THE ASAHI SHIMBUN) A new business model that blurs traditional distinctions between social activism and business is gaining converts in boardrooms of leading Japanese companies. "Social business," a concept pushed by Nobel Peace Prize winner, economist and banker Muhammad Yunus, uses traditional business structures and expertise but is focused on addressing social issues rather than making a profit for investors. Profits that are made are invested back into the ventures. At a news conference July 13, Yunus sat beside Tadashi... |
Md.'s smart grid fiasco
Monday 30th of August 2010 02:29:41 AM
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| Last month, the Public Service Commission rejected Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.'s "smart grid" proposal. From start to finish, the whole affair demonstrated everything that is wrong with Maryland's socialized electricity industry. To begin with, BGE's plan was a dud. The whole idea of "smart grid" is to inform customers how much electricity costs in real time so that they have an incentive to use less electricity during times of peak demand (usually hot summer afternoons), when electricity is expensive to generate and transmit. There are a number of ways to achieve this price signal, but BGE chose an ill-defined,... |
Michigan gets $5 million for smart grid job training
Monday 30th of August 2010 02:29:41 AM
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| WASHINGTON - Michigan will receive just more than $5 million for two programs to train workers for jobs in electric utilities, the Obama administration said today. |
Why Alternative Power Is and Will Remain Useless
Monday 30th of August 2010 02:29:41 AM
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| Here’s a fact you won’t see mentioned in the public policy debate over “alternative” energy: There exists no alternative energy source, no combination of alternative energy sources, and no system of combinations of alternative energy sources that can fully replace a single, coal fired electric plant built with 1930s era technology. Nada. Zero. Zilch. Yet many want to make this group of functionally useless technologies the primary energy sources for our entire civilization. |
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