National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Clark Silcox
Stephen Gold
NEMA is the trade association of choice for the electrical manufacturing industry. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately 450 member companies manufacture products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use of electricity. These products are used in utility, medical imaging, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential applications. Domestic production of electrical products sold worldwide exceeds $120 billion. In addition to its headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia, NEMA also has offices in Beijing, São Paulo, and Mexico City.
June 17, 2009
Written by: Stephen Gold
It's High Performance Building Week! I hope you've chosen to commemorate the event appropriately. Or perhaps you've been too caught up in other important affairs -- high school graduations, summer vacations, walking the dog -- to have gotten wind of this momentous occasion. For the record,...
June 10, 2009
Written by: Stephen Gold
NEMA had the privilege of hosting a lunch for former Governor and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman the other day. Ms. Whitman is running the Whitman Strategy Group, a consulting firm that specializes in environmental and energy issues. Recognizing NEMA's...
June 3, 2009
Written by: Stephen Gold
Just in case you didn't think Washington was hot enough in the summer, debate over climate change legislation (a.k.a., Waxman-Markey) is starting to increase in volume. As a taste of things to come, Harvard Prof Greg Mankiw's recent blog post...
May 29, 2009
Written by: Stephen Gold
Those of you interested in economic policy who are not familiar with Henry Hazlitt's fable of the broken window, now is the time to learn it. I was reminded of it, and the late, great Hazlitt's wonderful book "Economics in...
May 20, 2009
Written by: Stephen Gold
This is Smart Grid Week in Washington. Not officially, of course, but considering the Smart Grid Leadership Summit held Monday with Energy Secretary Chu and Commerce Secretary Locke, and yesterday and today's NIST/EPRI Smart Grid Roadmap Workshops, more light is being...
