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LNG Exports are Swirling Through Capitol Hill and White House

Feb 13, 2013 | Ken Silverstein

On the same day as the president’s State of the Union Address, Congress tackled the contentious issue of whether to allow the exportation of U.S. natural gas in its liquefied form, or LNG. The Obama administration has blessed natural gas. But it is uncertain if Congress will erect impediments to limit its sales overseas.
State of Union: Ecological Gains to be Tempered by Economic Improvements

Feb 12, 2013 | Ken Silverstein

Indeed, President Obama's 2013 inaugural speech called climate change an important national challenge. His State of the Union has detailed some of what will emerge over the next four years. His environmental moves will be tempered, however, given that his legacy depends also on economic gains.

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Smart Grid as Business
Jan 23, 2013 | Martin Rosenberg

Utilities have been installing smart grid technology for years now. Many have justified the investment to their state regulators by saying that the operational gains more than justify the spending. Many have had a healthy assist in making that investment from federal stimulus funds a few years back. Utility chief executive officers tell us that now is the time to step up efforts to extract maximum benefits from the revolutionary technology...
The Federal Energy Revolution - New Directions in R&D
Dec 18, 2012 | Martin Rosenberg

It was quite amazing, sitting in the audience at ARPA-E’s event in Washington early this spring while the likes of Fred Smith, CEO of FedEx, talked about the importance of government research to put muscle behind efforts to develop disruptive energy technologies in America. Bill Gates was there to, trying to get everyone to look past the sorry Solyndra tale of miscued federal loan efforts. He said we must understand that R...

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Carbon Tax Revisited

John Reilly

THE NEW - STILL DIVIDED - CONGRESS reconvenes this month, and its first order of business is the looming federal deficit. The president made his desires clear in his victory speech: "We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt . that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet." Meanwhile, congressional leaders recognize the need for compromise. Some
Computational Muscle

Salvatore Salamone

LAWRENCE LIVERMORE National Laboratory has started an incubator program with the goal of accelerating the development of innovative energy technologies. Dubbed the hpc4energy Incubator, the program allows selected participants to tap the lab's research expertise and use some of the world's highest performance computing systems. "By bringing together industry's entrepreneurial know-how and

New state senator from Tri-Cities proposes renewable energy bill
Feb 13 - Tri-City Herald, Wash. -

Several Tri-City leaders traveled to the state capitol Tuesday to tell lawmakers that forcing utilities to meet renewable energy targets is driving up the cost of electricity and harming local businesses, schools and the poor.

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'Buy the Farm' law not working, Minnesota landowners say
Feb 13 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - David Shaffer Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
PSC: BP cannot be forced to revise preliminary scoping statement for CV wind farm
Feb 13 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jaegun Lee Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.
Audit says cooperative overcharges governments to heat Downtown buildings
Feb 13 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jeremy Boren The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Senate Executive Committee Passes Bill to Get the Smart Grid and Job Creation Back on Track
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Brookfield Renewable Update on Its Offer for Western Wind
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Feb 13, 2013 -- Marketwire

Reinventing utility business - orchestrating operations, customer data and telecom

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ScottMadden presents: The State of the Energy Industry

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Crafting the perfect field worker

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The Interaction Between Capacity and Dynamic Pricing -- Part 2
Jan 08, 2013 | Jerry Watson
Dodd Frank Isn't the Only Regulatory Regime for Global Energy Firms
Dec 20, 2012 | Thomas Lord
The Complex Interaction between Capacity and Dynamic Pricing
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Solar PV Needs More PR Power in Light of Subsidy Cuts
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Ending India's Massive Power Grid Outages
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