Internet Over Powerlines Takes Step Forward

Date: 15 Oct 2004 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

On October 14, 2004 the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released a joint statement related to new FCC rules to facilitate the widespread adoption of broadband internet access over electric power lines, known as Access BPL [Action by the Commission, October 14, 2004 by Report and Order (FCC 04-245)]. The BPL ruling will not only provide households with another option in broadband internet service but it is expected to lead utilties to provide more efficient management of their power supply system, and ensure increased operational reliability.… Read More

Delay in Enacting New Efficiency Standards Costs Billions – New Study Released

Date: 24 Sep 2004 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Each year’s delay in setting three new Department of Energy appliance efficiency standards costs consumers and businesses billions of dollars in higher energy bills, according to a new study by the Appliance Standards Awareness Project [ http://www.standardsasap.org/] Implementing new efficiency standards for residential furnaces and boilers, commercial air conditioners, and distribution transformers could decrease our annual energy use significantly – enough electricity to power about 330,000 typical U.S homes and natural gas to heat about 170,0

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Watercraft Motor Ban Dramatically Improves Lake Tahoe Water Quality

Date: 21 Sep 2004 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Since a 1999 ban on two-stroke, carburetor engines went into full effect in 2001, levels of burned and unburned gasoline products in Lake Tahoe have declined by 80-90 percent according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). The 1999 ban was instituted by the Governing Board of the TRPA, a bistate organization established to protect the lake. The board voted in favor of the engine ban after it reviewed data that estimated each day of the boating season resulted in carbureted two-stroke engines releasing 770 gallons of fuel into the lake.

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The Federal Takeover of Electricity Authority: The War Heats Up

Date: 3 Sep 2004 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Article originally published in October 2002

In electricity, everything is connected to virtually everything else. That is why, when electricity began to flow across state lines in significant volumes in the 1920s, regional power pools began to form. By 1965, when a blackout affected 30 million people in northeastern United States, regional power pools blanketed the nation. A national coordination council was established.

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