• Toward Intelligent Grids

    The promise of the intelligent energy grid remains elusive; however, a steady wave of innovation in communication and information technologies, combined with ... Read Article

    Prioritizing Growth

    After years of cost cutting and risk management to bring companies “back to the basics” in response to the market anomalies, reliability ... Read Article

    Transforming Communication Infrastructure

    For a long time the standard point-to-point analog line to a substation was all that was needed in the grid of the ... Read Article

    Utility Service Delivery Management

    The conversations between senior officers and managers at utilities are similar worldwide. They need to reduce operations and maintenance expenses, increase the ... Read Article

    Closing the Renewable Energy Gap

    The US depends on large, centralized power plants that run on fossil fuels and nuclear power. As a result, it has an ... Read Article

    Public Attitudes on Wind Energy

    With its vast potential, economic competitiveness, and rapid growth rate, wind energy is poised to become a significant power source in the ... Read Article

    Europe''s New Retail Market

    The European Union plans to accelerate the pace of electricity and gas market liberalization and has introduced dates for the phased introduction ... Read Article

    Rebuilding the Grid

    I recently bought a top-of-the-line clock radio to replace the aging one I’d had for years. When I unpacked it, I began ... Read Article

    Just Don''t Do It

    The draft Energy Bill cobbled together in the fall of 2003 was justly excoriated by everyone from actor Robert Redford to Sen. ... Read Article

    Network Revitalization

    Forces outside the control of the utility industry will create a pattern of change that will transform the way the industry operates ... Read Article

    The Need for New Technology

    The challenges to achieving a secure and sustainable energy future are both large and urgent. An energy future that continues recent trends ... Read Article

    A Reason to Invest in IT

    Apart from demonstrating the vulnerability of the electric grid, the American and European blackouts of 2003 put enormous pressure on energy companies ... Read Article

    Gas Markets in the New World Order

    Up to the moment of Enron’s demise, the world’s gas markets flourished with manageable volatility, providing good price discovery into the forward ... Read Article

    Local Power Generation

    The recent spate of power outages across North America and Europe, and a number of environmental initiatives that are being pushed by ... Read Article

    Open Letter to California''s Governor

    Dear Gov. Schwarzenegger: As academics and former government officials with a broad understanding of energy and regulatory issues, we followed with interest ... Read Article
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