Smart Grid Programs

There is one surefire way to know the smart grid has arrived: when you become a part of it.
And become a part of it I just did.
I’d been seeing a lot of television ads for a program called “Peak Rewards” being offered by my local utility, BGE, for some time. Last week, I decided [...]

Energy Grid Waste

NREL
 has
 estimated
 that
 62% 
of
 the
 power
 generated 
in
 the
 U.S. 
is
 lost,
 either 
via
 the transmission
 process 
or 
by 
poorly
 optimized 
appliances, 
lights
 and 
other
 devices.

More or less, only a bit more than a third of the energy we create is put to use in a productive way.
This is the cumulative effect of [...]

The Clean Energy Grid

The old (well, only by a few years) adage still holds true: The cheapest unit of energy to produce is the unit of energy not consumed.

That’s proverbial stuff, but it’s valuable information, especially when dealing with energy efficiency stocks.
While clean energy sources have come a long way, they’re still relatively expensive, and they require raw [...]