January/February 2010
New Features
The U.S. Has a New Dash for Gas
January 1, 2010 | By Jeff Beattie
Natural gas has reemerged as the choice for new electric generation, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corp. Does this raise new reliability issues? More »
An Economist Looks at Climate Policy
January 1, 2010 | By Timothy J . Brennan
An economist scratches his head in consternation as he looks at the discussion about climate change and energy conservation. Take his quiz to learn why commonly accepted assumptions make poor economic sense. More »
Where Are the New Engineers?
January 1, 2010 | By Kennedy Maize
The U.S. isn’t producing the workforce it needs for the future of energy generation. And forget about “green jobs,” an undefined concept. More »
Is the Future of Enterprise Computing in the Clouds?
January 1, 2010 | By Kennedy Maize
“Cloud” computing has become the latest buzz in the information technology world. What does it mean? Is it real? And how can it affect your business world? More »
When It Comes to Nukes, Little Things Mean a Lot
January 1, 2010 | By Kennedy Maize
It’s the little stuff that can lead to big stuff, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tells FirstEnergy in relation to its Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio. More »
Addressing the Intraday Trading Position Conundrum
January 1, 2010 | By Edward Cuoco and Victor Milligan
Power traders need to get faster, more accurate information on how markets are working and how they are swinging. They should look to telecommunications and manufacturing markets for solutions. More »
 Opinion & Commentary
Interconnection Animus: Do Regulatory Procedures Create a “Tragedy of the Commons”?
January 1, 2010
What’s the real “tragedy of the commons?” It is legal, regulatory, cultural, or political? And is there is way out? More » For Utilities, Derivatives Is Not a Dirty Word
January 1, 2010
Financial derivatives make sense for the electricity business, providing protection against price swings, and don’t require additional regulation. More » For a Secure Energy Future, Obama Must Be Like Ike
January 1, 2010
President Dwight David Eisenhower built the interstate highway system more than 50 years ago. Is it time for the U.S., when it comes to the electric power grid, to be like Ike? More »
VIDEO
Nobel Prize Winner Talks to POWER about Climate Change
Listen to POWER’s May 18 interview with Dr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore Jr.) and his answer to the question of why policy makers and power producers should take action now to develop a lower-carbon power portfolio.
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Management Art and Management Science
 Kennedy Maize
Is management a science? An enormous intellectual construct developed over the past century—by business schools, consultancies, and major staff components of business firms and government agencies—is dedicated to that proposition. More »
Read the latest POWERmag.com blog entry from Kennedy Maize:
What to Make of Climate Science
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2010—Here at my western Maryland farm, we just got the fourth significant snowfall of the winter. We caught four inches while we were on vacation in the South Pacific in late November, over 20 inches on December 20, six inches a few days ago, and four inches last night (Feb. 2). The National Weather Service says we are going to get another foot or so over the weekend.... More »
TREND: Coal in the Hole
While pundits opine that the U.S. economy is in recovery, that doesn’t show up in the world of coal-fired electric power plants (perhaps lagging economic indicators). For proof, see these recent stories. More
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