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	Commanding Heights - 7 CEOs Report In 06/13/2012 at 01:37 PM \| Martin Rosenberg - From the Editor's Desk Blog Soon after the launch of EnergyBiz eight years ago this fall, I had an idea. Why not assemble seven or so utility chief executive officers of u...

	We have an app for that! 06/12/2012 at 03:45 PM \| Kate Rowland - Intelligent Utility Perspectives Blog Last Wednesday afternoon, an iPhone mobile app that would have allowed me to quickly report an outage would have been very handy as I stood in the ...

	The Energy App - Getting Real Time with Power 03/29/2012 at 02:05 PM \| Martin Rosenberg - From the Editor's Desk Blog Information – it is hugely important to the future of energy in our lives. Some call the emerging discipline of making use of it “analy...

	A roadmap for consumer-centric focus to the smart grid 09/10/2011 at 07:53 AM \| Kate Rowland - Intelligent Utility Perspectives Blog Not long ago, I read an intriguing e-book about utilities and consumers and their new relationship within the intelligent utility. The Smart Grid C...

	Consumer education needs to move far beyond the meter 08/06/2011 at 09:53 AM \| Kate Rowland - Intelligent Utility Perspectives Blog I was beyond exasperation when, at a neighborhood get-together last night, a chemical engineer with decades of experience announced authoritatively...

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	No consideration for the application of light bulbs Mark Wooldridge \| 04/05/2013 at 09:48 AM A brighter day for LED bulbs - If consumers are willing to spend $5 for a cup of coffee, how about $25 for a light bulb? The problem I see with...

	Energy Efficiency for a Greener Ireland Jessica Kennedy \| 03/14/2013 at 02:50 PM As St. Patrick’s Day approaches and everyone becomes “a little bit Irish” for a while, perhaps we should shift some attention to ...

	Need to Lower Energy Bills? Shop for Suppliers and Save Jessica Kennedy \| 03/01/2013 at 11:52 AM Many facility managers take energy costs for granted, assuming there is nothing that can be done about the fluctuating supply costs they are being ...

	Apollo Energy nominated for I&C Consultancy of the Year award Dan Birkett \| 02/28/2013 at 07:46 AM Apollo Energy are pleased to announce they have been nominated for this year's 'I&C Consultancy of the Year' award. The company...

	CFL lessons for Smart Appliances Chandan Agarwala \| 02/09/2013 at 08:22 AM What lesson does CFL adoption in various regions holds for Smart Appliances? Though the benefits are clear in terms of energy usage, major bottlene...

	Nemo Finds the Northeast: Three Feet of Snow Expected in Some Areas Jessica Kennedy \| 02/08/2013 at 10:17 AM Winter storm Nemo, expected to be a historic blizzard for the Northeast, is going to slam into one of the most populated regions of the country ton...

	Natural Gas Pipeline Safety: A Crisis or a Manageable Issue? Enerdynamics Corp. \| 02/07/2013 at 12:59 PM San Bruno, Calif.; Allentown, Pa.; Sissonville, W.V.; Cleburne, Texas. Listening to the media coverage on towns impacted by natural gas disasters, ...

	Smart Appliances should be customized for U.S. Chandan Agarwala \| 01/18/2013 at 10:28 PM In recent CES 2012, we got to know about Smart Appliances supporting variable pricing (and Smart Grid concepts) from Korean majors. While this is a...

	What About LILCO? Jim Brumm \| 01/15/2013 at 09:03 PM LIPA is a response to the problems of private investment, better known as LILCO. Fitch believes the suggested privatization of Long Island Powe...

	Investments can be claimed as share of Benefits Chandan Agarwala \| 01/15/2013 at 08:18 PM As we here about the reduction in grant in Illinois, for the smart grid investments claimed by Commonwealth Edison; the story seems to be repeating...

	Customer Experience Improvements by Optimizing the Utility Back Office Chirag Shah \| 01/14/2013 at 08:14 AM Back office customer service operations at utilities rarely get the same attention and focus as inbound contact centers, despite the fact that trem...

	Green Button Data - Home Owner's Wish Chandan Agarwala \| 01/12/2013 at 12:57 AM Many times in office, I have thought about reducing energy usage at residence. Even in one room of home, I ponder about the electric appliances sta...

	Consumerization technologies can improve Green Button Data benefits Chandan Agarwala \| 12/25/2012 at 11:18 PM To improve the realization of benefits of Green Button Data, Utilities need to motivate the consumers. They should try to emulate the best practice...

	IT modernization required for Smart Grid Chandan Agarwala \| 12/18/2012 at 02:56 AM Though, most of the attention of Smart Grid is focused on improving infrastructure for power generation, distribution, transmission and r...

	Competitive electric retail revolution Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio \| 12/10/2012 at 09:19 PM There were two major limitations to competitive electric retail markets, one was conceptual, the other political. We didn’t really understand...

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