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Smart Conservation for the Lazy Consumer People aren't conserving energy for love or money -- you have to trick them into it |
The Motley Fool
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Utility to Drive Smart Grid Advances Drive a car with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake, and you'll get some idea of how we're driving our energy sector today. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2010
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Maybe the Smart Grid Is Dumb Regulators are forcing utilities that invested in the technology to wear a dunce cap. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
InternetNews
March 24, 2010 |
IBM Smart Grid Push Aims for Power Efficiency In a team-up with eMeter, IBM plans to help public utilities improve their power usage and efficiency. |
Wired
July 2001
Steve Silberman |
The Energy Web The best minds in electricity R&D have a plan: Every node in the power network of the future will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart, eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming -- and interconnected with everything else... |
U.S. CPSC
August 19, 2002 |
Digital Multimeters Recall by Fluke Corp The recalled units can take longer than normal, up to 18 seconds, to display readings of AC voltages above 500 volts. Users can misinterpret the delayed reading to mean that high voltage is not present. If high voltage is present, users could be exposed to a risk of shock. |
U.S. CPSC
August 1, 2002 |
Electrical Testing Meters Recalled by Greenlee Textron Inc. An incompatible grommet, located in the battery compartment to protect internal wires, can cause the meter to provide inaccurate voltage and current readings. A meter that inaccurately indicates zero voltage or current creates the potential for electric shock or an electrocution hazard. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
Peter Fairley |
Flexible AC Transmission: The FACTS Machine Flexible power electronics will make the smart grid smart |
Home Toys
October 2002
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The Future of Home Automation In the end, the infrastructure that a service provider creates to reach the shell of a home will be the catalyst for manufacturers, service companies and others to create the automated products that may one day make the home automation market what we always thought it could be. |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2004
Bill Machrone |
Electron Leak? Raging Torrent! How technology wastes power, why the problem worsens, and what to do. |
Salon.com
January 30, 2001
Anthony York |
The deregulation debacle Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone... |
CIO
May 15, 2003
Michael Schrage |
The Voodoo Economics Behind Utility Computing Before you sign up for pay-as-you-go, you need to understand how utilities can manipulate and hide the true costs of plugging in. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Brendan I. Koerner |
Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it. |
Reason
June 2001
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Power Tripped Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State... |
CIO
January 4, 2012
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Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound As the Stuxnet attack shows, malicious hackers "clearly have the upper hand" over power grid systems, a new study says. A lack of strict standards and a hodgepodge of products have created today's chaotic state of utility cybersecurity. |
CRM
January 27, 2012
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Customer Interaction with Utilities via Social Media Is on the Rise New research also finds a growing number of utilities share information about service issues with customers via social media. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2009
Neil Savage |
New Schemes for Powering Processors Building an on-chip high-voltage transmission grid is one way researchers think they could distribute power better |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2011
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How CVR Partners Bloomed in 2011 With crop prices at high levels, companies like CVR that make fertilizer saw their products in high demand. |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
CVR Partners Is Cheaper Than You Think Let's examine CVR alongside some of its peers for additional context. |
Salon.com
February 14, 2001
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Energy vultures California's electricity crisis could have been avoided if profiteering power-generating companies hadn't blocked further deregulation.... |
Home Toys
August 2005 |
Making a Case for Advanced AC Power Conditioning The sensitivity and sophistication of today's electronic circuits require serious AC power conditioning. Anything less is too costly to consider, and will limit the performance users demand. |
CIO
November 15, 2000
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The Pressure Is On IT hasn't run very deep at U.S. water utilities. Customer demands, new technologies and Net ventures are changing that... |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
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New Spark In Utility Stocks Why the once-staid utility sector is generating breathtaking returns. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2011
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Why 2012 Could Be Another Good Year for CVR A lot of positive things make CVR Partners a must-watch for 2012 |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
CVR Partners Is Moving in the Right Direction A closer look at the fertilizer company. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2005
Matt Thurmond |
Utilities That Pay YOU Electric utilities are some of the highest dividend payers in the market. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Marla Brill |
Powering Up Utility stocks are a lower-risk way to achieve incremental returns, says manager Mario Gabelli of the Gabelli Utilities Fund. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2009 |
How to Diagnose Car Electrical Problems by Tracing Voltage Drops Electricity shouldn't be daunting, especially when it comes to automotive wiring. |
U.S. CPSC
March 15, 2007 |
Amprobe Recalls Clamp Meters Due to Shock Hazard The meters can fail to give an appropriate voltage reading, resulting in the operator believing the electrical power is off, which can pose a risk of shock, electrocution, or thermal burn hazard. |
