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Mark Gabriel

President and Founder Power Pundits
	Member Since: 10/21/02 Author Rating: Gold Article Count: 16 Email this author

Background

Mark Gabriel is the President and Founder of Power Pundits. He is a former Senior Vice President with Black & Veatch Management Consulting, Halcrow and was acting President a the Electric Power Research Institute. His book, Visions for a Sustainable Energy Future (Fairmont Press) won the 2009 Indie Excellence Award for Environmental Publishing.

Articles

12.26.12	Prognostications for 2013 and Beyond Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 4750 Times; 62 comments As famed physicist Neils Bohr once noted, "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future". This is the time of year when we can reflect on what happened in 2012 and think forward to the coming 12-month cycle.

11.27.12	What to do when customers like gas rationing and politicians better than their utilities? Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 2006 Times; 26 comments New Yorkers are always a tough crowd. They boo the hometown sports teams for poor performance; their food critics pan a famous chef who opened a new restaurant and, they even think the gas rationing plan for the area performed better than the local utilities!

12.21.10	Reflections on 2010 in Energy and A few Predictions Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 754 Times; 14 comments It's the time of year when we reflect on what has transpired in our lives and industry, making note of those things we plan on changing in the time ahead, applauding our victories and, perhaps ruing some of the decisions we have made

5.6.10	Who will cover my check? Topic: Billing & Customer Care Article Viewed 747 Times; 22 comments Amidst the swirling interest in the electricity business these days around renewables, smart grid, plug-in electric vehicles and customer engagement schemes it appears that other people are writing checks for systems, software, hardware and a myriad of items that the incumbent utility is expected to happily cover.

2.4.10	YouTube, iPhone Apps, Kindle and the Utility Franchise Topic: Communications & Security Article Viewed 1579 Times; 6 comments The explosion in consumer technologies and options, coupled with the utility industry's expansion into the smart grid, advanced meters and communications will do what all of the failed attempts at deregulation could not: create true customer choice.

8.24.09	So you applied for stimulus funding, now what? Topic: Grid Operations Article Viewed 496 Times; 2 comments The American Reinvestment Recovery Act’s (ARRA) first major deadline has passed with more than 450 anxious organizations each hoping for its piece of the $3.3 billion matching grant smart grid dream-maker. The organizations crunched and crammed to get their proposals in by the August 6, 2009, deadline to the Department of Energy and are now breathing a sigh of relief as they anxiously await word from Washington to realize their hopes and dreams of matching grants.

10.2.08	Another Inconvenient Truth: The Need for Coal Topic: Fossil & Biomass Article Viewed 1184 Times; 136 comments Another inconvenient truth is that we need coal as part of a balanced approach to providing for the nation's -- and world's -- electricity supply. This is not merely the desire of energy industry executives, but the reality when one looks logically and practically at the demand for electricity and the means of meeting that demand.

1.21.08	The Destiny of Intelligent Infrastructure Topic: Grid Operations Article Viewed 477 Times; 14 comments The implementation of distribution and substation automation, outage management, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and various other technologies are all leading to a digitally enabled, self-healing power network that provides equitably priced electricity to all classes of customers through ensuring the security, quality, reliability and availability of power.

3.27.06	What a surprise: Prices move both ways Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 535 Times; 40 comments An amazing naivete is being displayed by many parts of the electric enterprise who assume that in an open, deregulated market that prices can only move in a downward direction.

2.2.06	Wide Ties, Polyester and the Demand Side Topic: Demand Response Article Viewed 488 Times; 2 comments In the heyday of demand-side management 15-20 years ago, the world was a different place in both style and social sentiment. Ties and lapels were wide, people made fun of those wearing leisure suits and the utility industry, aside from its public posturing, still felt DSM was the free lunch they were paying customers to eat.

12.14.05	Fuel Diversity and the Real World Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 333 Times; Comment on this article Calpine's continuing fall from grace, now at or hovering near bankruptcy, has been viewed by some as a conspiracy by incumbents to keep competitive power from the marketplace.

11.14.05	Resource Planning and the Social Contract Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 392 Times; 4 comments Integrated resource planning has been called the "missing child of the 1980s," and, like its unfortunate imagery, seems more and more like a face on the side of a milk carton as natural gas prices zoom, infrastructure remains constrained and existing fossil fuel base load generation gets on in years.

11.1.05	Why We're Selling Advanced Metering All Wrong... And How to Sell It Right Topic: Metering Article Viewed 428 Times; 8 comments The U.S. electric industry is embarking on the greatest customer revolution since the early days of electrification. Subtle changes in the industry's cash register - the meter -- coupled with the empowerment of the consumer in virtually every buying decision, will result in profound changes.

10.26.05	Rebuilding the Power System for the 21st Century in a Post-Katrina World Topic: Risk & Operations Article Viewed 341 Times; Comment on this article There is a tremendous opportunity at hand in rebuilding the electric and related infrastructures in a post-Katrina era. While the total destruction that this terrible natural disaster has wrought is unimaginable to us, so too are the incredible possibilities.

10.17.05	Selling an Intelligent System in the Face of $12 Natural Gas Topic: Fossil & Biomass Article Viewed 585 Times; 6 comments It looks like the stars are finally aligning for significant investment in advanced infrastructure-with the exception of the enormous solar flare of continually rising natural gas prices. This may become an issue that will frighten off a number of critical constituencies who would normally rally around the cause.

10.23.02	Paving the Way to a Sustainable Energy Future Topic: Business & Corporate Article Viewed 476 Times; 1 comments The California power crisis was just one visible aspect of a larger and growing energy problem in the U.S. - a problem resulting from business challenges brought on by the transition to a deregulated market, violations of corporate trust, lack of critical upgrades to the electric power infrastructure, and more than a decade of inadequate investment in technology R&D.

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