Enron Absurdity of the Week
There is a stirring moment in the movie version of the Return of the King in which Aragorn rallies his troops in the face of nearly impossible odds. As the hordes of Mordor pour out of the black gate,...
View ArticleNot a Utility
Emil Sit has an excellent post on his recent experience with SunGrid, charitably titled “Observations on SunGrid Customer Care.” He begins with: I haven’t used the SunGrid this week. In fact, no one...
View ArticleOff Topic — Solar Update
As I wrote earlier this month, the Powers household is now generating some of its own electricity, via photovoltaic panels on the roof. Soon after the installation, our local utility PG&E...
View ArticleOff Topic — One year on solar power
Earlier this summer, we marked the one-year anniversary of the connection of our rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system. Last year I promised a more complete analysis of the economics of this system once we...
View ArticleFull Circle
Leaving the energy industry turns out to be harder than I thought. When we started Digipede (more than 7 years ago!), my partners and I had spent more than a decade working together in the electric...
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