Thursday, November 9, 2017
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Getting ready for Spring 2018: Here are the books that we will be reading in 'Global Energy and the American Dream'
Put in the book orders today for next Spring, these are the books --
I'm excited to get two new ones on the list - Powell on the Navajo and coal, and Jones' history of electricity in the US.
Mitchell is now part of the necessary canon for understanding oil, militarism and war in the Middle East.
Mitchell, Timothy.
2013. Carbon Democracy: Political Power
in the Age of Oil. London: Verso. 978-1781681169.
Powell, Dana E. 2017.
Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energyin the Navajo Nation. Durham: Duke University Press. 978-0822369943
Jones, Christopher F. 2014. Routes of Power: Energy and Modern America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 978-0674970922
Friday, October 27, 2017
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017
To understand how we can go renewable, one thing we have to understand is a 40 year old federal law called PURPA, here's your chance: An Overlooked Solution for Competitive and Local Renewable Power
An Overlooked Solution for Competitive and Local Renewable Power
This right here. By law, because solar and wind are cheaper, Ameren has to let us buy it from someone else. They are just fudging the numbers to argue about costs. This seems like law-breaking to me...
"The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), which dates to 1978, requires all utilities to buy power from qualifying small-scale clean energy producers when the price roughly matches what a utility pays to generate and deliver its own electricity, or what it would pay a third-party provider. The law provides competitive access to wholesale electricity markets for producers too small to effectively compete with large companies. By doing so, it carves a path for communities to keep energy spending closer to home rather than lining the pockets of utilities’ investors.:
This right here. By law, because solar and wind are cheaper, Ameren has to let us buy it from someone else. They are just fudging the numbers to argue about costs. This seems like law-breaking to me...
"The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), which dates to 1978, requires all utilities to buy power from qualifying small-scale clean energy producers when the price roughly matches what a utility pays to generate and deliver its own electricity, or what it would pay a third-party provider. The law provides competitive access to wholesale electricity markets for producers too small to effectively compete with large companies. By doing so, it carves a path for communities to keep energy spending closer to home rather than lining the pockets of utilities’ investors.:
Great introduction to the problem of utilities, and the challenges for going renewable: The simple reason most power utilities suck
The simple reason most power utilities suck
David Roberts, Vox
David Roberts, Vox
"The take-home here is simple: Socially, we need to shift to greener, smarter grids built around aggregated, coordinated DERs, but the regulatory regime under which utilities operate puts them inherently at odds with that shift.Utilities do not have to suck. They have been designed to suck. They can be designed differently."
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Monday, August 28, 2017
Alumni support for fossil fuel divestment
I love Washington University students (most of them, anyway). Read this beautiful letter regarding the Chancellor's position on fossil fuel burning.
Alumni support for fossil fuel divestment
Alumni support for fossil fuel divestment
Friday, August 25, 2017
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