Southern Company, one of the largest electricity producers in America with more than 46,000 MW of generating capacity and 4.4 million customers, and North Carolina-based PowerSecure International, Inc., a company specializing in distributed energy resources and related technology, last week announced approval of a definitive merger agreement through which Southern […]
Catalyst, a highly-regarded Australian weekly science program, has produced an excellent episode describing in a very accessible yet in-depth manner the technology that is enabling single-family homes and multi-family communities to vastly reduce their reliance on the electrical grid through the use of solar panels, battery storage, and energy management systems. In
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This week in the Wall Street Journal, Jack Nicas writes about admission tickets to the Indianapolis Zoo ranging in price from $8 to $30 per person based on advance sales and expected demand. Like airlines and hotels, more and more businesses are varying their prices by the day, hour, or
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced new energy efficiency standards for commercial air conditioners and furnaces. The DOE expects businesses to save $167 billion on energy costs and reduce carbon emissions by 885 million metric tons over the course of the products’ lifetimes. The first phase of
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week released a staff report on demand response and advanced metering. According to the report: Approximately 38 percent of all meters in the US contain advanced capabilities (a sizable increase over the <5 percent penetration in 2007), with Texas leading the way at nearly
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