Commentary
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Feb 01, 2012 |
Since I reside in Palm Beach County, FL, I pay attention to my local electricity rates, provided by Florida Power & Light [FPL] -- a regulated utility. Recently, FPL lowered its rates by about 2% for 2012. FPL President and CEO Armando J. Olivera stated the market prices of natural gas for 2012 are trending even lower than previously expected, and this is driving a significant reduction in our projected fuel costs for the coming year. -
Jan 26, 2012 |
A trading organization relies on commodity market data. A commodity trade is only as good as the Market Data it is based on. Incorrect or delayed commodity market prices/information lead to a lack of understanding of market movements and situations, resulting in un-informed, and potentially loss-making, trading decisions. -
Dec 28, 2011 |
During the last decade, technologies have been developed and demonstrated at scale to economically produce natural gas from shale rock formations. As a result, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that the US has about 800 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale gas. Just ten years ago, this shale gas was considered uneconomic. -
Dec 15, 2011 |
There is certainly an abundance of advocates for renewable energy; Wind, Solar, and Nuclear, which I support as an important part of the power supply portfolio. At the same time we have a shortage of advocates for two of the most abundant resources here in the United States; Natural Gas and Coal. -
Nov 16, 2011 |
The DoD leadership is pressing for innovation from Utility participants, equipment vendors, and ESCO implementers to deliver a diverse range of secure onsite clean energy projects and EPC measures. Opportunities are now on the table that could free up the military's Demand Response capability to offer energy to the local Texas grid communities and develop a national model. -
Nov 08, 2011 |
Spontaneous combustion of coal is a common concern within the coal stockyard of thermal power plants due to the direct effect that energy losses have on financial performance. As coal is the primary fuel for a thermal power plant, adequate emphasis needs to be given for its proper handling and storage. It's also essential because of related safety and environmental implications of spontaneous combustion of coal. -
Oct 27, 2011 |
While the call for reduced dependence on coal-fired power plants and nuclear reactors to fuel the U.S. electricity grid is not a new concept, it is one that continues to grow louder. Renewable energy is the alternative generation source preferred by many, but non-hydro renewables made up less than five percent of the fuel mix in 2010, despite net generation from renewable sources more than doubling over the last decade. -
Oct 20, 2011 |
Many of us have heard of the Smart Grid and its potential to improve the electricity delivery system. Moving to a two-way digital grid will improve the grid's reliability and offer a variety of new potential applications. Rather than shut down wind turbines at night when there is more power generated than the grid can absorb, a Smart Grid could use hot water heaters and commercial freezers to store excess energy. -
Oct 13, 2011 |
The firm and seemingly irrevocable conclusion of Professor Ferdinand Banks in his article "A New Lecture on Electric Deregulatory Failure" Energy Pulse October 24 2007 and repeated in his latest article "A Short but Disobliging Version of my Recent Lecture on Electric Deregulation", has placed a wet blanket on my research efforts towards creation of a realistic and sustainable power capacity in energy deficient third world countries. -
Oct 06, 2011 |
There was a time prior to the year 1900 when electric power generation was privately own and essentially free from political regulation. The development of the electric light bulb and the electrically powered streetcar encouraged the development of large-scale electric power generation.
