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May 29, 2013 to May 30, 2013 | Chicago, IL
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Jun 09, 2013 to Jun 12, 2013 | San Francisco, CA
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Jun 10, 2013 to Jun 12, 2013 | Boston, MA
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Old School Microgrid

Resilience depends more on determination than technology.

By Michael T. Burr, Editor-in-Chief

A brutal storm ripped through southwestern Minnesota in April and snapped 2,000 power poles. Worthington Public Utilities kept the lights on with a seat-of-the-pants microgrid.

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Congestion on Trial

PJM and the crisis over FTR underfunding.

Bruce W. Radford

PJM’s latest crisis—the underfunding of financial transmission rights that we’ve seen ove
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Digest

Abengoa and BrightSource Energy agreed to jointly develop, build, and operate what the companies...

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Economy of Small

How DG and microgrids change the game for utilities.

Michael T. Burr

Energy microgrids have emerged as more than just a curiosity. The technology is improving, costs...

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Energy Efficiency's False Hope

Only behavioral change will reduce energy consumption.

Andrew Rudin

Standards and technology don't reduce energy consumption, despite the claims of efficiency...

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ISO 50001: Busy Work or Revolution?

Supporting continuous improvement in energy management processes.

Chad Gilless

By promoting the ISO 50001 energy management standard to industrial customers, utilities can...

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Old School Microgrid

Resilience depends more on determination than technology.

By Michael T. Burr, Editor-in-Chief

A brutal storm ripped through southwestern Minnesota in April and snapped 2,000 power poles....

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People

New Opportunities: Ben Fowke, chairman, president and
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Redefining Normal Temperatures

Resource planning and forecasting in a changing climate.

Robert E. Livezey and Philip Q Hanser

Utility planners depend on an accurate estimate of normal weather to forecast resource needs and...

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Rethinking Capacity Markets

A pragmatic new approach to assuring reliability.

Randall Speck and Kimberly Frank

The latest dispute over PJM’s bidding rules has raised the level of uncertainty in organized...

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Transactions

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Transmission Policy in Flux

More planning, fewer incentives, and a black swan on the horizon.

David Raskin

The transmission superhighway still needs major investments. Rate incentives were working --...

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Bottling the Genie

Why deregulation is easy and reregulation is hard.

Douglas N. Jones

Even with convincing evidence that deregulation has failed to deliver promised benefits, efforts...

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