Electricity Explains Why Some Have Gas, Some Don’t
Many people in the Northeast were questioning why some of the areas that were struck by Superstorm Sandy had plenty of gasoline in the aftermath and other areas also struck were long without. Investigating the issue will show that electricity is behind it, and that, even if a car runs on gasoline, electricity is still […]
Best Utility Websites Get the Basics
E Source has recently released the results of a study that benchmarks utility websites from the perspective of a business customer. Stephanie Spaulding, E Source’s research manager who wrote the report, commented that it is important for utilities to get the basics right on their websites. The number one feature that business customers are looking […]
Utility-Scale Installations Lead US Solar PV Growth
The United States Energy Information Agency released a new survey-based estimate of total solar capacity recently which shows that the total on-grid photovoltaic (PV) capacity almost doubled in 2011. This growth was led primarily by a growth in capacity on both a utility and commercial scale. While 2011 showed the most marked growth, PV capacity […]
Coal Stocks Plunge After Obama Victory
With an expectation for coal companies to have a rough time under the second term of Obama’s presidency, coal stock dropped at the election. Coal consumption has already dropped due to the increasing use of domestic natural gas which has made it a cheaper fuel than coal. The Obama administration’s proposed environmental regulations can make […]
How Natural Gas Kept Some Spots Bright and Warm as Sandy Blasted New York City
William Hooke, a senior policy fellow at the American Meteorological Society, suggested in a blog on the NY Times website that officials, business owners, and residents of affected areas would all do well to look into the areas in which the power did not fail during the super storm. Looking at New York City and […]
Murkowski Discusses Alaska Natural Gas “Window of Opportunity” with Producers
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski discussed the plans to commercialize Alaska’s natural gas resources under a liquefied natural gas project with the executives of Alaska’s North Slope’s three largest producers. Those producers are Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, and BP, and Murkowski reported that she was encouraged by the level of cooperation that all three companies showed for […]
West Texas Offers Some of the Greatest Wind Energy Potential in the U.S.
With a 16% growth rate for 2012 alone, wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable energy sources and has been for the last decade. Texas used wind energy for 7.8% of its electricity in 2010 and has the most installed wind energy capacity in the United States. Of the wind energy operations in […]
AGA: Intrusion Detection More Feasible than Cybersecurity Prevention
The American Gas Association has stated that safety is their top priority, whether it is in reference to the millions of miles of natural gas pipeline or the online networks that the business operates on. The security of the cyber networks that utilities operate on is vital to protecting the utility infrastructure, and so AGA […]
Why Natural Gas Isn’t Likely to Solve Our Energy Woes
Actuary Gail Tverberg writes that people who are depending on natural gas, with its high reported reserves throughout the world, to solve the world’s energy problems are “counting their chickens before they hatch.” She writes that natural gas requires a lot of infrastructure and therefore upfront investment, as well as a time delay of years […]
Challenging the Oil and Gas Industry’s Energy Independence Message
Scitizen columnist Kurt Cobb accuses the oil and gas industry’s claims of an America nearing energy independence as no more than a smokescreen to quell citizens and policy makers and allow the industry to sell American oil to the highest foreign bidder. The oil industry has produced about 6.2 million barrels per day of crude […]
