Jim Pierobon is Founder and principal writer of The Energy Fix. He is a policy, marketing and social media strategist who has reported on, testified and consulted about smarter grids, cyber-security as it affects the power grid, fossil fuel shortages, price spikes, energy efficiency and the rise and fall -- and the rise again of nuclear and renewable energy sources.Bloomberg to natural gas industry: stop resisting sensible regulations, join with renewables
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg used the 2013 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit near Washington, DC to prod the oil and gas industry to stop resisting efforts to forge “sensible” regulations. “We need sound regulation and we need it soon,” he said. While he’s been on the bandwagon for enabling responsible hydraulic fracturing for natural [...]
Can ‘Energy Fact Check’ from ACORE balance fossil-vs-renewables debate?
Acknowledging that opponents of renewable energy “are dominating the conversation” and asserting they are doing so “through misrepresentation, exaggeration, distraction and millions of dollars in lobbying and advertising,” the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) is launching EnergyFactCheck.org to “help ensure that the facts about our industry are front and center.” With those stated aspirations, [...]
What if U.S. needs new, real, money in 2013? Carbon tax could become ‘least, terrible’ option
As the next Congress goes to work in January 2013, this scenario could play out almost purely because it makes the ‘math’ work for a workable fiscal policy. If Barack Obama is re-elected President and Democrats regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives — or not — there almost surely will come a time when [...]
Dark clouds portend challenging 2012 and beyond for America’s renewable energy industries
Be sure to gauge the tall hurdles American renewable energy industries face in 2012 and beyond here which I wrote for my colleagues and friends at EnergyCentral.com and their daily e-newsletter at RenewablesBiz.com.
Natural gas and renewable energy firms in pact targeting lower carbon energy
Natural Gas Supply Association President (NGSA) R. Skip Horvath and Michael T. Eckhart, President of the American Council On Renewable Energy(ACORE), today told conference goers in Washington, DC their Boards of Directors have verbally agreed to explore how their members can push hard for lower U.S. carbon energy portfolio. “We have a verbal agreement to [...]