In This Issue
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HR
The Leadership Dilemma
When did the term “management” change from a corporate organizational level to be achieved to a leadership model that must be mastered?
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Commentary
A Call for Visionary Leadership in Energy
Along with the global economy, there are significant signs indicating how radically the energy business has changed in the past few years.
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CommentaryPutting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence
Is the clean energy technology sector doomed because federal spending is sharply dropping?
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HR
Workplace Drama: Why Behavioral Change Does Not Work
Do you communicate to manipulate or to change behavior?
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Commentary
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, and Blather
We are hot and heavy into election season, and there is a lot of buzz about “jobs.” We hear about job-killing regulations (mostly from Republicans) and the wonders of green jobs (mostly from Democrats). All this, of course, is aimed at tying favored policy options to something the average voter can understand, the need for […]
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Supply Chains
TREND: U.S., Energy Exporter
The U.S. has been blessed with enormous quantities of natural resources yet has long been a net energy importer. The shift from global purchaser to global supplier of fossil fuels is accelerating.
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Supply Chains
Uranium and Nuclear Fuel: No Bottlenecks Ahead
In addition to low prices for coal and natural gas, prices for uranium oxide are also gently falling. New supplies of uranium and enriched fuel should keep nuclear fuel prices stable for years to come.
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Business
Cyber Threats to SCADA Systems Are Real
Some of the ripest targets for cyber soldiers and techno-terrorists are bland, non-descript boxes sitting inside electric utility generating, transmission, and distribution systems, controlling many of the operations of the utilities. The computer technology, once state-of-the-art, is decades old, and that’s part of the problem.
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Finance
PwC: Big Demand Meets Tight Money in Power’s Future
As electric power utilities look ahead, they see the need for major financial investments, but also view a more difficult world in which to raise the needed funds for financing generation and transmission. That’s the conclusion of the 12th annual survey of global power and utility firms by PwC.
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Finance
Securitizing Renewable Energy Loans
Renewable energy sources have increasingly become a focal point of U.S. regulatory and financial institutions as well as trade associations and legislatures. One area of particular interest is programs that have been established by local and state governments to encourage homeowners to become more energy efficient through the use of Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) loans.