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Illinois as Smart Grid Metrics Pioneer? Really?

Illinois State Capitol via Wikipedia Exelon and Constellation Energy have won approval for their merger, but now they must live with the terms of the deals cut to win that approval and also deliver on… more →

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Illinois as Smart Grid Metrics Pioneer? Really?

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Illinois State Capitol via Wikipedia Exelon and Constellation Energy have won approval for their mer … more →

Tags: Commonwealth Edison, Smart Grid, smart meter, legislature, Illinois, Illinois Commerce Commission, Pat Quinn, Ameren

$1 Trillion Spending Bill and No BS Regulations

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: President Obama will quietly sign a $1 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress to avert a … more →

Tags: Keystone Pipeline

The Good News is Durban is a Dud!

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: As expected not much progress is being made in Durban on solving the world’s carbon emissions challe … more →

Tags: China Choices: Theirs & Ours

Our Solyndra Epiphany — 3 comments

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: The piling on by the politicians and media over Solyndra’s bankruptcy after the Obama Administration … more →

Tags: China, Energy regulation, renewable energy, unconventional natural gas, united states, Washington, Solyndra, Evergreen Solar, SpectraWatt

Super Committee Target #2: Want Jobs? Go for Growth

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: And I do not mean growth in the Federal spending. But Bloomberg reports that President Obama’s addre … more →

Tags: economic growth, united states, Barack Obama, White House, gross domestic product, Mitt Romney, free trade area, jon huntsman

German Sex Tax

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Image by pittigliani2005 via Flickr In the “You Just Can’t Make this Stuff Up, Department” comes thi … more →

Tags: Germany, Tax, Bonn, Dortmund, Prostitution, Tickets, sex worker, street prostitution

I Still Think We Need a Grand Bargain

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia It has been an interesting few days in our political economy.  I call it that be … more →

Tags: China, united states, Government Spending, Warren Buffett, Beijing, Credit Rating, gross domestic product, Standard & Poor's

It’s About Growth, Stupid!

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia I really start to worry when I find myself agreeing with Paul Krugman.  I know h … more →

Tags: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Republican, united states, Debt, Greece, Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize, Government Spending

A Funny Thing Happens in the Midst of Panic

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: The Europeans wake up and realize that Italy and Spain REALLY are PIIGS and while the Italian Prime … more →

Tags: American Political Values Choices, Federal government of the United States, united states, Barack Obama, Stock Market, "PIIGS", Greece, european union

Getting Our Economic Act Together! — 1 comment

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia The economic reports are grim, growth has stalled and the US is again at the edg … more →

Tags: Business, Economic, united states, Federal Reserve system, paul volcker, United States Treasury security, Paul Volker, federal reserve

New York Gets Fracking — 1 comment

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Marcellus Acquifers New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation released recommendatio … more →

Tags: hydraulic fracturing, unconventional oil, united states, New York, united states environmental protection agency, Marcellus Formation, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Impact Statement

Shovel-Ready Domestic Energy Projects at Work — 1 comment

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Every day there is more bad economic news it seems, and even President Obama started campaigning for … more →

Tags: Environment Choices for Competitive Advantage, American Political Values Choices, bakken formation, hydraulic fracturing, North Dakota, unconventional oil and gas, united states, New York, Utica shale

Should we Prepare for Oil Price Spikes Ahead? — 1 comment

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Oil Prices (Brent) over 10 years in Dollars and Euros via Wikipedia Now that the Obama Administratio … more →

Tags: International Energy Agency, united states, Libya, Barrel (unit), Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Price of petroleum, Presidency of Barack Obama, Obama Administration

Give the President what He wants and Give it to Him Hard! — 1 comment

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: AEO 2011 Electric Generation by Fuel That was the message from American Electric Power in announcing … more →

Tags: Environment Choices for Competitive Advantage, AEP, American Electric Power, Coal, Electricity generation, united states environmental protection agency, Clean Air Act, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Fossil fuel power station

The Confidence to See our Glass Half Full — 1 comment

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke via Wikipedia Why doesn’t our economy grow faster?  We know the answer.  A … more →

Tags: GOP, washington dc, Republican Party (United States), Ben Bernanke, international monetary conference, Federal Reserve system, Tim Pawlenty, Atlanta

Consultants

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new B … more →

We Need Economic Change We Can Believe In

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Nonfarm payrolls were up for the eighth consecutive month—that was the only good news in the e … more →

Tags: economic growth, Unemployment, united states, Employment, nonfarm payroll, High School, private-sector, Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer spending

Making Sense of Mixed Economic Signals: Energy Price Fool’s Gold

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: US EIA Domestic Oil Production Trend While world oil prices hover around $100 per barrel, the US is … more →

Tags: American Political Values Choices

Broadband, Net Neutrality and other Telecom Politics

Gary L Hunt wrote 1 year ago: Broadband Access Map via Wikipedia There was a time when communications services meant landline phon … more →

Tags: Broadband Internet Access, Federal Communications Commission, iPhone, National Broadband Plan, National Telecommunications and Information Administrat, Universal Service Fund


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