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Business
Flavor of the Decade: What Energy Utilities Can Learn from Verizon
The experience of telecommunications giant Verizon shows why taglines that promise clear, relevant benefits to customers can be invaluable, as long as the company follows through.
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Commentary
Utility Mergers: Who Has a Vision?
Is bigger better for the energy business? Says a veteran energy lawyer, it depends more on why and how a utility choose to grow. Unfortunately, few regulators are thinking much about it.
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Commentary
Partnering With the Right People
Finding the right people to work with is critical to success, but getting there is no accident.
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Commentary
Workplace Drama: Courageous Course Correction
It’s never fun to realize you’re wrong. But effective leaders know when to admit it and take their lumps.
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Commentary
Let’s Dump the ‘Tipping Point’ Metaphor into the Waste Tip
Climate rhetoric has become increasing obsessed with "tipping points." But this sloppy metaphor risks taking good science over the cliff.
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Supply Chains
TREND: Rare Earth Minerals and Free Markets
Far from precipitating a crisis in high-tech manufacturing, the Chinese attempt to corner the market on rare earth minerals has instead inspired some healthy competition and adaptation.
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Partner Content
Application Note: A fresh look at power quality basics
Understanding the fundamentals of how power quality issues affect the plant, how to detect them, and how to make them go away
If the quality of the electricity your plant con- sumes is not what it should be, it’s costing your company more than it should. Poor power qual- ity shortens the life of your equipment;
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Partner Content
Application Note: The Cost of Poor Power Quality
Productivity is the key to survival in today’s globally competitive environment. When you think about the basic inputs to production—time, labor, and materials—you can see there isn’t much room for optimization. You have 24 hours per day, labor is costly, and you don’t have much choice in materials. Thus, every company must use automa- tion
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Gas
New York State PSC Approves $2B Transmission Line from Canada
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) last week approved the construction and operation of a 1-GW transmission line that could stretch 330 miles from the Canadian border to Astoria, Queens, through Lake Champlain and the Hudson River.
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Coal
Lawmakers Push for Financing Parity for Renewable Projects
Bipartisan legislation introduced on Wednesday by a bicameral group of lawmakers seeks to give renewable energy project investors access to an existing corporate structure whose tax benefits are now only available to investors in fossil fuel–based energy projects.