{"title":"End-Users: Apps Present Better Customer Communications for Utilities","authors":"iFactor Consulting","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21776","url":null,"abstract":"Exposure to leading-edge communication technology tends to create a sense that this technology is widely used, even normal. Communication technology is definitely becoming more common and has become nearly universal among some groups (at least in the United States). However, a deeper look at technology adoption rates reminds us that the situation is more complex than the averages indicate.","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"187 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133031305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental Regulation: BACT Determination for GHG Permitting Requires Care","authors":"D. Hughes","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21728","url":null,"abstract":"When contemplating significant operational or physical changes at a facility, an owner must carefully consider the impact on a facility's air quality permit. Often, the air quality construction permitting process becomes a critical path item for meeting project objectives.","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120440573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NERC Matters: NERC: Electric System Is Adequately Reliable","authors":"D. Carpentier","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21706","url":null,"abstract":"A primary role of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is to develop and enforce standards that provide for an “adequate level of reliability,” and to “conduct periodic assessments of the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power system in North America.” In fulfillment of those responsibilities, NERC recently issued the State of Reliability 2013 report (Report), in which it declared that the bulk power system (BPS) “remains adequately reliable.”","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"119112644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy and the environment: Frack attack—environmentalists and hollywood renew attacks on hydraulic fracturing","authors":"J. Lesser","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21656","url":null,"abstract":"Environmental groups have been trumpeting a new study by the US Geological Survey (USGS), which they claim “proves” the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) concerns about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” In a September 30, 2012, press release, for example, the Sierra Club—an environmental group whose motto could be “whatever it is, we're against it”1—claimed that the USGS study “strongly suggests that as a result of fracking, gas is seeping into” the water supply in the town of Pavillion, Wyoming.2","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122171720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Natural gas & electricity pricing: A midsummer night's dream: Why natural gas prices still sleep","authors":"Tanya Bodell","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21645","url":null,"abstract":"For those crushed by falling natural gas prices last spring, the summer offered an opportunity for hope that prices would recover. Although prices did creep up from their April lows, Henry Hub barely broke the $3.00-a-million-Btu threshold. Forces tempering price recovery this past summer portend what may happen this winter in the absence of extreme weather conditions.","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"118730926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk management: Cost-effective transaction monitoring","authors":"Phil Henderson","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21618","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last few years, the world of trading, and in particular, energy and commodities trading, has undergone a dramatic transformation. Most notable is the shift to over-the-counter trading, introducing quick, efficient, and low-cost trading. However, as a by-product of this “brave new world,” individuals and organizations have taken advantage of these new arbitrage opportunities to profit through market manipulation. Current events are rife with examples of individuals and organizations who took advantage of these opportunities. A couple of examples include the following:","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127099008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology: Understanding hedges can keep you employed","authors":"R. Skinner","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21620","url":null,"abstract":"As Chris Trader pulled into his parking spot he felt uneasy. Chris was a trader for a retail energy supplier to commercial and industrial customers. Recently, a very large position he held in his portfolio started to lose money. When the markets closed the day before, the position was very close to its Value at Risk (VaR) limit (see Value at Risk). Chris knew that if the markets continued down today, he would be forced to sell the position, and thus lock in a very large loss for his company. Looking back over the last few weeks, Chris knew there were red flags that should have warned him that the position was in trouble, but he missed those and now it was too late.","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116342675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NERC matters: What is missing from your compliance program?","authors":"D. Carpentier","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21621","url":null,"abstract":"An effective compliance program is key to ensuring successful compliance with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation reliability standards.1 However, many violations of the standards continue to occur, and compliance program deficiencies may contribute to such violations, because, for example, problem areas are not being identified and corrected promptly. Accordingly, while there has been much discussion over the years about what makes a good compliance program, truly effective programs remain elusive to many registered entities.","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"200 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123520941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulatory economics: US energy industry considered enormously vulnerable to cyber attack","authors":"R. Barclay","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21619","url":null,"abstract":"President Obama identifies cyber security as one of the nation's most serious economic and national security challenges—one that we are not adequately prepared to counter.1 That is an understatement.","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133058971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market forces moving gas and electric industries toward consensus on convergence","authors":"E. Reese, Janna Chesno","doi":"10.1002/GAS.21617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/GAS.21617","url":null,"abstract":"The United States is becoming increasingly reliant on natural gas—fired generation to meet its electricity (power and reliability) needs.1 Perhaps once unthinkable, due in part to vast coal reserves and comparatively high natural gas prices, natural gas is now fueling more base-load generation resources and is being used to support variable energy resources and meet the reliability needs of the electric system.2","PeriodicalId":311429,"journal":{"name":"Natural Gas & Electricity","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127522408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}