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.Virtual generation and demand response: how Constellation Energy finds energy where there wasn’t any
As operators for regional power grids such as PJM Interconnection begin to roll out more robust demand-response programs, the private sector is responding with software products that can save energy for large commercial and industrial consumers and help utilities avoid brownouts and perhaps even blackouts. One of the emerging leaders in this space — Constellation [...]
Prospects for solar incentives from the 2011 Texas Legislature
With wind energy already a huge success in the Long Star state and inexpensive natural gas offering a low-cost option for additional utility-scale power generation, the prospects for first-ever incentives throughout most of Texas are murky. The Texas Legislature, which meets only in the odd years, came very close with three bills in 2009 but [...]