DG Solar: How Utilities Can Create Shareholder Value
By Deborah Lawrence Net metering and DG solar. Just the words are enough to irk antagonists and protagonists into a heated, and all too often, devolving conversation. On one hand are the owners of DG...
View ArticlePODCAST: Energy 24/7: Are Stranded Assets in Oil and Gas a Myth or Reality?
Stranded energy assets in oil and gas will not happen merely because of climate change. It is happening as we speak because a number of potentially disrupting events are all converging on one point:...
View ArticleNo Fuel Costs: The Sexy Seduction of Renewables
By Deborah Lawrence No fuel costs. That is renewable energy’s most powerful and seductive selling point. No need to discuss climate change with all its emotional hot buttons. No need to explain and...
View ArticlePODCAST: Energy 24/7: Shale Debt: Again?
Much of the debt issued by shale operators has been high yield or what is commonly referred to as junk. According to the Wall Street Journal: “Junk bonds have financed the U.S. shale boom, and now the...
View ArticleTeck Resources: Rough Road For Oil Sands Investments
IEEFA (Institute for Energy, Economics and Financial Analysis) has issued a new report on Teck Resources and Canadian oil sands investments. Energy Policy Forum collaborated. To read the full report:...
View ArticleWill Nat Gas Peaker Plants Become Obsolete?
by Deborah Lawrence Nat gas peaker plants generate electricity when it’s needed most. Such as on hot summer days when air conditioning becomes not so much a luxury as a necessity. And of course, this...
View ArticleUber vs. Google: Electric Vehicles Are About To Get Really Interesting
By Deborah Lawrence You pick up your cell phone and open the Uber app. Within minutes a car drives up to collect you. You can even choose the color of the vehicle. You hop in and off you go. Sounds...
View ArticlePODCAST: Energy:24/7: No Fuel Costs: The Sexy Seduction of Renewables
No fuel costs. That is renewable energy’s most powerful and seductive selling point. No need to discuss climate change with all its emotional hot buttons. No need to explain and justify how much carbon...
View Article“Motherfrackers” and Big Oil Hypesters
By Deborah Lawrence Forbe’s contributor Christopher Helman has always been an unapologetic supporter of shales. For instance, only last September he wrote a piece entitled “America’s Energy Outlook is...
View ArticleUS Crude Oil Consumption Peaked a Decade Ago
By Deborah Lawrence A world without crude oil is almost unthinkable. And yet, there are indications that such a transition is happening. OPEC is jockeying for market share. Russia is increasing...
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