Although it doesn't get much attention, the world's first and largest source of renewable electricity, water power, is still a major player on the world stage. Though viewed as politically…
Power
Monthly Issue | January 3, 2011
Outsourcing—hiring contractors to do work traditionally performed by regular employees—has long been in vogue in corporate America and, increasingly, in government. Indeed, the bad old days of KP (kitchen police)…
Although Congress in the 2005 Energy Policy Act tried to end the balkanization of authority over the nation’s high-voltage interstate transmission system, and attract new investment in it, that attempt…
The supply of uranium should not be a show-stopper in any coming expansion of nuclear power, regardless of scope, according to a new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Cloud computing is an Internet service provided by a third-party vendor that offers data storage and management—functions that were previously done with software installed on an individual computer. The service…
Although Congress killed the Obama administration's plans for a cap-and-trade program for controlling power plant emissions of carbon dioxide, many advocates of that policy approach, including some important electric utility…
Lately, I have been fielding a lot of questions relating to employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions. Whether they be asset deals, stock deals, or straight mergers, due diligence…
Today's entrepreneurs and business leaders must tread a tightrope through a universe of distractions. Information pours into our brains in a relentless, never-ceasing deluge. A rising army of companies across…
With the collapse of climate legislation in the Senate and a new GOP House certain to be hostile to the conventional wisdom about shoveling subsidies at or mandating the use…
When we asked supervisors why they were promoted to supervision, most said it was because of their operational skills or ability to do the job they were doing well. They…