February 2, 2011 – TX – Texans could find themselves in the dark over the next day or two, not because of the bitter cold and ice that struck this week, but in response to an alert issued by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) this morning. At about 5:30am. ERCOT declared a Level [...]

Understanding Gas and Electric Choice Programs As consumers, we shop all the time. We do it so often, in fact, and have gotten so good at it that half the time we either don’t even know we’re shopping or we shop ‘on auto pilot’. As it stands, American consumers are expert shoppers, and it’s just [...]

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the western U.S. electric grid could support up to 35% of wind and solar power by 2017, without extensive additional infrastructure. The US Department of Energy’s research agency issued a study whose merits are “technically feasible” – but the mountainous and southwestern states’ network would need to be [...]

So your company has decided to break ground on a brand new location. Congratulations! This is an exciting experience for both ownership and the employees. You’re in charge of doing everything needed to get construction underway and completed within a few short months. All things are moving along as planned and you are days away [...]

April 28, 2010 – BOSTON — It’s been stalled for nine long years, but at last the nation’s first offshore Wind Farm could become a reality, pending the final decision of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday. Salazar’s noon announcement in Boston, while still a few hours away at the time of this writing, will determine [...]