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Monthly Issue | January 2, 2013

Outage Management with an Owner’s Engineer

Outages are critically important events for which time quite literally is money. The moment a unit comes out of service for an outage, it stops generating revenue for its owner…


Coal Ash Recycling Stalls During Regulatory Struggle

Regulatory uncertainty over the rules for disposing of coal ash has stalled ash recycling in the U.S. and kept levels below those reported in 2008 for a third consecutive year,…


Terror Threat to Grid Is Real, Says Suppressed Study

A terrorist attack on the U.S. electricity delivery system could wreak much more havoc and disruption than the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy last fall, according to a 2007 report…


Avoiding Pitfalls in Combined Heat and Power

Growing concern over global climate change and tropical storm Sandy’s widespread power outages highlighted the nation’s vulnerable and aging power infrastructure. Distributed generation provides reliable, on-site energy of growing interest.…


Creativity Cuts Cost of Connecting with Utility Customers

Utility communicators are under increased pressure to do more with less. That puts a premium on creativity. We’re all searching for the same Holy Grail: low-cost, high-impact ways to connect…


The Risks in Risk Communications

A new study regarding a high-profile risk … mercury … has two important findings: there may be an association between in-utero mercury exposure and ADHD as kids grow up; but…


Stop Thinking and Start Acting

Enough with all the thinking already!  Now, you need to drive action. Ideas are great but someone has to put them in motion for them to be worthwhile, and deciding…


Workplace Drama: More on Correction Course

You often hear me say, “It’s about course-correction and not perfection,” a point I made in my last MANAGING POWER column. Life and business is a series of course-corrections. In…


Obama’s Second Act

Barack Obama has kept his lease on the White House for another four years with a strong endorsement from the electorate. Will his energy and environmental agenda be a repeat…


Trend: The Nuclear Tortoise and the Natural Gas Hare

Once upon a time, nuclear power was clearly leading the race for the generating technology that would supplant King Coal. In the 1960s and 1970s, nuclear was at the head…


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