Fitch analyst suggests that efficiency and distributed solar will soon exert significant financial pressure on utilities. The need for an intelligent regulatory conversation becomes increasingly urgent. via Forbes – Energy http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2013/07/19/time-to-short-your-electric-utility/

A recently published primer on net energy metering (NEM) from the solar industry explains why it is under attack by utilities across the country — and explores how the two opposing sides […]

Around the world, new government mandates and stimulus funding have catalyzed the deployment of smart meters. In the U.S. alone, $3.4 billion allocated from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding will be […]

If the price of grid-scale energy storage fell to zero dollars per megawatt-hour, regulators and utilities would still be puzzled in how to deploy the boon of energy storage.  That’s because storage […]

Natural gas liquids (NGLs) are another component of upstream energy production Natural gas liquids, or NGLs, refer to a group of hydrocarbons (ethane, propane, butanes, and pentanes) that are often… via Market […]

Increased takeaway solutions from the booming Bakken region have helped differentials to close and stabilize. via Market Realist http://marketrealist.com/2013/07/enhanced-takeaway-solutions-stabilize-wti-bakken-spread/

Over the past few years the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been called upon to investigate cases of domestic content rules (DCR, also known as local content rules or LCR) in renewable […]

California’s 40 years of remarkable success in using energy efficiency to avoid dirty power generation and save utility customers billions, as detailed in a new NRDC fact sheet released this week, offers valuable lessons […]

The transition from fossil fuels to renewables is inevitable. Fossil fuels are finite, but will be dumped before they are exhausted on basis of cost. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/why-100-renewables-42697?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-100-renewables-42697

Coal inventories at power plants dropped below the monthly five-year average in April, the first time this has happened since December 2011. The decline in stockpiles occurred as coal burn increased across […]