How adding intelligence to an aging system could put control in the consumers’ hands By Davis Wax While we can often take our 21st-century technology for granted, whether it is the next smartphone, laptop or means of digital storage, there…
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A Case for the Smart Grid
TAGS: electricity Enegy Saving Energy Efficiency FREEDM Kentucky Roadmap Initiative Smart Grid Technology
Powering with Change
On-bill financing helps low-income co-op members retrofit their homes By Matt Grimley The Great Depression was a time of dust bowls and poverty, but at least cities had electricity. The rural areas had it rough. Citing high development costs and…
Central Virginia LEAPS into Energy Savings
By Cat McCue For a nonprofit organization just barely three years old, the Local Energy Alliance Program has racked up some impressive numbers: 1,000 homeowners served, 7 million kilowatt-hours of electricity conserved and a total of $500,000 annually saved on…
The Means to More Efficient Ends
Energy Conservation Takes Businesses to New Heights By Brian Sewell If not in person, most Americans have seen the Empire State Building in pictures and postcards, along with the emerald light that often illuminates the upper reaches of the spire.…
The Appalachian States of Energy Efficiency
By Matt Grimley Every year, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy releases rankings on individual state’s energy efficiency performance. And every year, Appalachia is middling at best in saving energy. The ACEEE’s State Energy Efficiency Scorecard examines everything from…
TAGS: Energy Efficiency Energy Savings Georgia Kentucky North Carolina Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia
Power to the People
By Molly Moore It’s no coincidence that the words “electricity” and “power” can be used interchangeably. Our society owes a huge debt to electricity — it’s often easier to recount the aspects of our lives that are connected to an…
TAGS: Dominion Duke Energy electricity Electricity Cooperatives Energy Efficiency Energy Savings Power Progress Energy
Renewed Resolve: Pushing for Energy Reform in Virginia
Reform of Virginia’s renewable energy law was in the spotlight on both sides of the political spectrum in the General Assembly this year. In the end, only a few adjustments were made to the law, none of which encourage the…
TAGS: appalachia Appalachian Voices Coal Economy Electric Utilities Energy Efficiency Politics Renewable Energy Virginia
President Obama Focuses on Energy Jobs
Climate, Energy, Efficiency Feature as Key Pieces of SOTU The first “State of the Union” address of President Obama’s second term had a little something for everybody. The President was aggressive about the need to tackle the problem of climate…
TAGS: Appalachian Transition Climate change Coal Energy Efficiency President Obama Renewable Energy State of the Union
Duke CEO Could Be New Energy Guru || N.C. Round-Up
By Davis Wax Editorial assistant, Spring/Summer 2013 Over the past few weeks there has been a spurt of environmental and energy news in North Carolina and its capital, Raleigh. The developing issues include departing Charlotte-based Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers…
TAGS: ALEC Duke Energy Energy Efficiency Environment Health Jim Rogers N.C. Politics North Carolina Pat McCrory Politics Renewable Energy Renewable Portfolio Standards Wind Power
Turning a Win-Win into a Lose-Lose: Virginia Senate Kills Renewable Energy Bill
Last fall, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli latched on to the idea that Dominion Virginia Power and Appalachian Power did not deserve huge bonuses for buying cheap renewable energy credits without actually building wind and solar projects in Virginia, and…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Economy Electric Utilities Energy Efficiency Mountaintop Removal Politics Renewable Energy Virginia
