Regulation & Policy: Page 386

  • Smart grid backlash: Michigan opens smart meter investigation

    The Michigan Public Service Commission plans to investigate state utilities that are installing smart meters in response to concerns expressed by customers and some communities about safety and privacy issues.

    Jan. 13, 2012

  • Solyndra’s Remaining Employees Hoping for $500K in Bonuses

    The corpse of bankrupt Solyndra continues to throw off taxpayer and venture cash to executives. Solyndra looks to pay its remaining staff an additional $500,000 in bonuses, according to reports in The Mercury News and The San Jose Business Journal. The attorneys for Solyndra (that would be Pac...

    Jan. 13, 2012
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    Top 5 Stories from Utility Dive

    Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

    By Utility Dive staff

  • Why Warren Buffett is Buying Wind and Vestas is Laying People Off

    Denmark-based Vestas, the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, will cut 2,335 jobs worldwide as part of a corporate streamlining and is readying an additional 1,600 U.S. wind hardware manufacturing jobs in expectation of Congress failing to extend the wind industry’s vital pr...

    Jan. 13, 2012
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    California Energy Commission releases energy efficiency rules

    The Califorinia Energy Commission released a new energy efficiency standard designed to reduce energy wasted by battery chargers.  The proposed standards claim to save nearly 2,200 GWh each year — or enough energy to power nearly 350,000 homes.

    Jan. 13, 2012

  • State Department Power Initiative To Cut Emissions

    The State Department is eliminating 21,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually– and looking for more -- as part of its worldwide power and systems management initiative to eliminate power waste across 100 percent of its workstation computers.

    Jan. 13, 2012

  • CEO of an American PV Installer Weighs In on the SolarWorld-China Trade Claim

    Darius Tarsio, the CEO of Helios Electric, a solar and renewable energy installer and designer in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area wrote a piece for GreenTech Media addressing the SolarWorld America anti-dumping case against China.  

    Jan. 12, 2012