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May 2009 Archives

The Lessons of Unintended Consequences

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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...

Unofficial Smart Grid Week in Washington

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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...

ABCs of Smart Grid on NPR

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Anyone driving to and from work last week and listening to NPR's "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" got a fascinating education on Smart Grid. The 10-part series, called "Power Hungry: Reinventing the U.S. Electrical Grid" (and available for reading or downloading...