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Eliminating Obstacles and Delivering the Benefits of the Smart Grid - IBM's Optimized Energy Value Chain (OEVC) Sep 14 2010 - 2010-01-01 12:00:00 - Your City The convergence of power and information technologies in the smart grid has created opportunities for finer grained and broader controls of energy flows. These opportunities can improve electric service in multiple dimensions: lower cost, greater reliability, greater customer satisfaction, and more... Achieving Operational Excellence - What to Consider Before Implementing or Upgrading Your Distribution Management Solutions Sep 16 2010 - 2010-01-01 12:00:00 - Your City Significant cost over runs. Changing business requirements. A well thought out plan is essential. Attend this free webcast discussion to hear inside hear three experts in utility operations discuss what utilities need to evaluate when they are considering upgrading or more... Outsmarting the Smart Grid: IT, Security and Communication Infrastructure Challenges & Opportunities for Utilities Sep 21 2010 - 2010-01-01 12:00:00 - Your City The smart grid is shifting the playing field for utilities. And when the game changes, it pays to be prepared. A nimble solutions partner can help you design the solutions that keep operations on track, even as new challenges come more... All Webcasts » 1st CSP Today Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India Sep 7 2010 - Sep 8 2010 - New Delhi India Deliver a profitable, productive and commercially successful large scale CSP business in India. Building on the success of past events in USA, Europe & MENA, CSP Today brings to New Delhi the most relevant international experience for the concentrated solar more... Offshore Wind Energy in North America's Great Lakes Conference Sep 9 2010 - Sep 10 2010 - Toronto Two day conference that tackles the most important challenges. 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Ken Silverstein

Editor-in-Chief EnergyBiz Insider
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Background

Ken Silverstein is an award-winning journalist who is the editor-in-chief of EnergyBiz Insider, a publication from Energy Central since July 2005. Ken has covered the energy industry for the last decade. Prior to joining Energy Central he spent three years writing the daily IssueAlert -- a publication that garnered a worldwide following.

With a background in economics and public policy, he has spent several years writing about the issues that touch the energy and financial sectors, and his work has been published in more than 100 periodicals. He has also been sourced in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, National Public Radio and several newspapers and magazines in the United States and abroad. He is an invited speaker at a range of energy industry conferences and he has appeared on C-SPAN. He holds B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Tulane University, and an M.A. from American University.

Articles

10.20.09	Offshore Wind Could Surge Topic: Wind Article Viewed 3323 Times; 3 comments Offshore wind production could surge forward. Both European and U.S. advocates say that the construction of such energy projects could take off assuming that both continents stick with their carbon-free energy themes.

10.15.09	Potential Power: Balancing Utility and Consumer Control Topic: Metering Article Viewed 3543 Times; 7 comments It's one thing to have an intelligent utility. It's another to have smart customers. Newer tools are permitting two-way communications between power companies and their patrons. But if the technologies are to reach their full potential, state regulators must assure fairness before eventually subjecting those users to market forces.

7.16.09	Meter-centric: Should We Focus on the Smart Meter? Topic: Metering Article Viewed 3992 Times; 7 comments Talk of intelligent utilities and smart meters is hot these days -- things that the American people never pondered before. And while the descriptions may be arcane, the purpose of the technologies is rather simple: to get consumers to use less energy and to minimize power outages.

12.4.08	Whipping up Support for Transmission Topic: Wind Article Viewed 4378 Times; 15 comments Supporters of wind power are whipping up support for new transmission. Without a notable increase in the capacity to carry such energy, the optimistic forecasts for more renewable power will never happen.

9.2.08	Wind Credit Blown Off Course Topic: Wind Article Viewed 6590 Times; 13 comments Congress is playing games. But in doing so it has dropped the ball. The U.S. Senate has failed to advance the production tax credit given to wind power -- all at a time when the nation is trying to wean itself from fossil fuels.

6.4.08	Swept Up by Wind Topic: Wind Article Viewed 5459 Times; 57 comments Wind power is drawing some fancy suitors. The latest is Germany's E.ON, which just revved up a 335 megawatt plant in Texas. It's part of E.ON's business strategy, which considers North America to be the best market for renewable energy in the world.

1.11.08	Signaling for Energy Efficiency Topic: Energy Efficiency Article Viewed 6132 Times; 40 comments When CenterPoint Energy invested in energy efficiency, it chose a technology with a standard communication feature to allow its meters to talk with any programmable household device. CenterPoint is working with the Zigbee Alliance and other stakeholders to create the standard for wireless communication between utility companies and common household features.

1.4.08	Driving Hybrid Buses Topic: Electric Vehicles Article Viewed 4561 Times; 3 comments Dozens of cities and school districts are getting good marks for implementing hybrid buses that run on both diesel and electricity. In doing so, they are helping to commercialize a technology that proponents say will save fuel costs and prevent the release of harmful emissions.

12.27.07	Grooming Wind Topic: Wind Article Viewed 7333 Times; 118 comments Can wind be groomed to become a dependable source of electricity? Researchers at Stanford University say that it can. They conclude that various wind farms can connect and then join at a centralized transmission line to accomplish the mission.

3.9.06	Re-thinking Hiring Strategies Topic: Human Resources Article Viewed 8122 Times; 6 comments The utility workforce is graying while the companies they work for are moving well into the black. But the increased profitability has yet to translate into new job opportunities. That will soon change as older workers retire and as market conditions evolve.

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