http://www.managingpowermag.com Managing POWER en-us 2010 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 2:35:55 EDT An "emergency war supplemental" appropriation bill that Congress was considering at this writing has implications for the power industry: The measure includes $9 billion each for new loan guarantees for nuclear power and renewable energy projects.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/250.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT The recently unveiled Kerry-Lieberman global climate warming bill is an exercise in triviality. By century's end, reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 83% will only result in global temperatures being one-fifth of one degree Fahrenheit less than they would otherwise be. That is a scientifically meaningless reduction.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/257.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT Cape Wind was a momentous clean energy victory, but if climate change advocates truly take the immense scale of the energy and climate challenge seriously, we must ensure that this is the last time that a new zero-carbon energy source faces such prolonged NIMBY opposition... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/260.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT A group of 14 international academics from a variety of fields, under the auspices of the London School of Economics and Politics, have produced a paper calling for a new approach to the failed Kyoto Protocol model for dealing with global warming, scrapping the notion of emissions reductions.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/262.html Thu, 1 Jul 2010 0:00:00 EDT The fear of losing electric power inspires thoughts about how vital electricity is to our lives. It is fundamental to modern living, and that’s entirely a good thing.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/240.html Sat, 1 May 2010 0:00:00 EDT Wind power’s cost is hidden in subsidies; its value is overstated and based on false metrics that don’t account for reliability and dispatchability.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/241.html Sat, 1 May 2010 0:00:00 EDT Some amount of NIMBYism should be expected when developing any new project. Good planning and actively engaging community leaders early and often will increase your success quotient.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/242.html Sat, 1 May 2010 0:00:00 EDT The regulatory process functions well when citizens and regulators are fully engaged and knowledgeable about important issues. The regulator must also grapple with the ever-changing roles of consumers and utilities to optimize the value of the commodity to society.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/243.html Sat, 1 May 2010 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Congress won’t pass anything that looks like a cap-and-trade or carbon tax approach to global warming anytime soon. What’s left? Adaptation, the low-tech, low-cost, slow-cooking, most-sensible policy approach.... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/227.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST Although hydro power in the U.S. is politically incorrect, even though it generates no greenhouse gases and is by far the largest renewable resource in the country’s generating mix, the rest of the world often has a more sanguine approach to using water to generate electricity. For example...... http://www.managingpowermag.com/opinion_and_commentary/229.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST