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Electricity Loss and Theft: Who Pays?

written by Walter Wang

We fret about turning off the lights to save pennies on energy. Meanwhile, electricity worth billions of dollars gets lost or stolen on the world’s power grids every year.

In industry jargon, the problem is known as ‘line loss.’ A certain amount of electricity generated by a power plant never makes it to the consumer – or at least

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May 14, 2013 0 comment
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Is the Energy Efficiency Service Market Still MUSH?

written by Walter Wang

We hear a lot about energy efficiency these days, but who is actually pursuing it?

In recent years most of the big players that install efficiency measures, the energy service companies (ESCos), have found work largely in the MUSH market: municipal and state governments, universities, schools and hospitals. In

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June 9, 2011 0 comment
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Northeast US a Smart Energy Testing Ground

written by Elisa Wood

Ben Franklin’s saying, “Out of adversity comes opportunity” seems to characterize the energy sector in US Northeast. Electricity rates are among the nation’s highest. Population density leaves scant room for new power plants and transmission lines. And the region has little indigenous generation fuel.

So what’s the good news?

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August 20, 2010 0 comment
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