Comments for MorganEnergy http://www.morganenergy.com Discussing Energy Economics on the Internet Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on A Salesman Calls by anon http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=617&cpage=1#comment-1879 anon Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:18:43 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=617#comment-1879 For aggressive Scottish Power salesmen call their boss: Stephanie Tobyn Regulation and Commercial Manager Scottish Power Telephone (Direct Line): 0141 568 3207 email: stephanie.tobyn@scottishpower.com For aggressive Scottish Power salesmen call their boss:

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]]> Comment on Grid Under Attack by Cybersecurity and the smart grid « Knowledge Problem http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=595&cpage=1#comment-1454 Cybersecurity and the smart grid « Knowledge Problem Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:20:29 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=595#comment-1454 [...] on electric utility systems. Computerworld gives this overview of the story. Cheryl Morgan provides a run down of some of the issues, including whether development of a smart grid will increase or decrease the vulnerability of [...] [...] on electric utility systems. Computerworld gives this overview of the story. Cheryl Morgan provides a run down of some of the issues, including whether development of a smart grid will increase or decrease the vulnerability of [...]

]]> Comment on Will Obama’s Climate Plan Be Too Taxing On Sputtering Economy? by MorganEnergy » April 2009 EEnergy Informer http://www.morganenergy.com/?page_id=581&cpage=1#comment-1451 MorganEnergy » April 2009 EEnergy Informer Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:46:26 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?page_id=581#comment-1451 [...] Will Obama’s Climate Plan Be Too Taxing On Sputtering Economy? [...] [...] Will Obama’s Climate Plan Be Too Taxing On Sputtering Economy? [...]

]]> Comment on On Retail Competition by Retail electric power market shakeout in Texas, II « Knowledge Problem http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=563&cpage=1#comment-1372 Retail electric power market shakeout in Texas, II « Knowledge Problem Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:44:21 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=563#comment-1372 [...] Cheryl Morgan summarized my post as asking “whether vertical integration might have been a better option for Texas,” but I wouldn’t say it quite that way.  “Vertical integration” in the electric power industry is typically conceived as bundling retail, local distribution, transmission, and generation.  As I recall Sally Hunt’s point (in her book, Making Competition Work in Electricity, and I too don’t have the book handy so I’m relying on memory), she argued that it make sense to unbundle the wires from the non-wires portions of the business, but it wasn’t inherently desirable from a policy standpoint to unbundle retailing from generation. [...] [...] Cheryl Morgan summarized my post as asking “whether vertical integration might have been a better option for Texas,” but I wouldn’t say it quite that way.  “Vertical integration” in the electric power industry is typically conceived as bundling retail, local distribution, transmission, and generation.  As I recall Sally Hunt’s point (in her book, Making Competition Work in Electricity, and I too don’t have the book handy so I’m relying on memory), she argued that it make sense to unbundle the wires from the non-wires portions of the business, but it wasn’t inherently desirable from a policy standpoint to unbundle retailing from generation. [...]

]]> Comment on Will A LNG Flood Lead To The Collapse Of Natural Gas Prices? by LNG and the future of natural gas prices in the U.S. « Knowledge Problem http://www.morganenergy.com/?page_id=547&cpage=1#comment-1355 LNG and the future of natural gas prices in the U.S. « Knowledge Problem Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:53:11 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?page_id=547#comment-1355 [...] of natural gas is up. Macroeconomic factors are reducing demand for natural gas. And yet, as Fereidoon Sioshansi points out: The real surprise is that despite the declining need for imported LNG, the US may end up on the [...] [...] of natural gas is up. Macroeconomic factors are reducing demand for natural gas. And yet, as Fereidoon Sioshansi points out: The real surprise is that despite the declining need for imported LNG, the US may end up on the [...]

]]> Comment on UK Wind Farm Under Attack? by MorganEnergy » No Aliens After All http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=454&cpage=1#comment-1309 MorganEnergy » No Aliens After All Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:41:43 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=454#comment-1309 [...] while back I linked to a story about a catastrophic failure of a UK wind turbine that people were speculating might have been [...] [...] while back I linked to a story about a catastrophic failure of a UK wind turbine that people were speculating might have been [...]

]]> Comment on Subscribe to EEnergy Informer by MorganEnergy » February EEnergy Informer http://www.morganenergy.com/?page_id=11&cpage=1#comment-1290 MorganEnergy » February EEnergy Informer Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:17:24 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/Wordpress/?page_id=11#comment-1290 [...] The article on Finland is available for free. All other articles currently require a subscription to the paper edition of the magazine. To subscribe to EEnergy Informer click here. [...] [...] The article on Finland is available for free. All other articles currently require a subscription to the paper edition of the magazine. To subscribe to EEnergy Informer click here. [...]

]]> Comment on AREVA’s Setbacks In Finland Cause For Nuclear Alarm by MorganEnergy » February EEnergy Informer http://www.morganenergy.com/?page_id=503&cpage=1#comment-1289 MorganEnergy » February EEnergy Informer Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:16:52 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?page_id=503#comment-1289 [...] AREVA’s Setbacks In Finland Cause for Nuclear Alarm [...] [...] AREVA’s Setbacks In Finland Cause for Nuclear Alarm [...]

]]> Comment on Thoughts for Mr. Obama by What provisions might a Federal Power Act of 2009 contain? « Knowledge Problem http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=471&cpage=1#comment-1257 What provisions might a Federal Power Act of 2009 contain? « Knowledge Problem Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:27:59 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=471#comment-1257 [...] also this post by Joskow at the EU Energy Policy Blog with a summary of the article. HT to Cheryl Morgan at MorganEnergy. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Even in Texas competition between electric wires [...] [...] also this post by Joskow at the EU Energy Policy Blog with a summary of the article. HT to Cheryl Morgan at MorganEnergy. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Even in Texas competition between electric wires [...]

]]> Comment on A New Use for Gas Pipelines by Mike Giberson http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=433&cpage=1#comment-1224 Mike Giberson Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:09:04 +0000 http://www.morganenergy.com/?p=433#comment-1224 But doesn't that material move due to compressors installed along the pipeline that keep the gas moving? (For example, see all of the red squares marked on this map of U.S. gas pipelines. http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngpipeline/compressorMap.html). So if I insert a device to extract out some of the energy in the moving material, doesn't that mean that compressors elsewhere on the pipe will have to work a little harder? Oh, now that I read the linked article, the system extracts energy from the natural compression of gas in an underground reservoir, and the natural pressure is too high for local distribution systems. So the system will capture some of the energy as the pressure is reduced to distribution levels rather than discarding it. (But note that the pilot scheme is for 20MW, not 20GW.) But doesn’t that material move due to compressors installed along the pipeline that keep the gas moving? (For example, see all of the red squares marked on this map of U.S. gas pipelines. http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/ngpipeline/compressorMap.html). So if I insert a device to extract out some of the energy in the moving material, doesn’t that mean that compressors elsewhere on the pipe will have to work a little harder?

Oh, now that I read the linked article, the system extracts energy from the natural compression of gas in an underground reservoir, and the natural pressure is too high for local distribution systems. So the system will capture some of the energy as the pressure is reduced to distribution levels rather than discarding it.

(But note that the pilot scheme is for 20MW, not 20GW.)

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