Energy User News articles from February 2002

Energy User News archives from February 2002

Enron's financial fallout is clear, but deregulation's future is partly cloudy.
February 1, 2002... Enron's financial flameout rattled the energy industry, leaving the future uncertain for merchant electricity and natural gas companies, as well for as investors and end users. The postmortems and investigations are underway and will no...

ISH NA trade show plans to add lonworld to its lineup.(North America)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... CHICAGO--Messe Frankfurt and Echelon Corporation announced on December 13 that they had agreed to key terms for extending Messe Frankfurt's stewardship of the Lonworld tradeshow and conference to events held in the North American market. ...

Onsite Energy Corporation. (EUN Ticker).(contract with Miller Brewing in Fort Worth)(Abstract)
February 1, 2002... Onsite Energy Corporation, Carlsbad, CA, announced a $2.5-million contract with Miller Brewing Company's Ft. Worth brewery. Onsite will improve the efficiency of the refrigeration system by replacing seven existing condensers with six larger...

Daikin Industries Ltd. (EUN Ticker).(air conditioning division's contract with Trane)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Daikin Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan, and American Standard Companies Inc., Piscataway, NJ, announced that Daikin's Air Conditioning Division and Trane, American Standards Air Conditioning Division, have agreed to form a comprehensive global...

California. (EUN Ticker).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... California is continuing to buy last-minute power at rates far below what it has paid for long-term electricity contracts, according to data released in November by the Department of Water Resources, The Sacramento Bee reported that October's...

The New York power authority (NYPA). (EUN Ticker).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The New York Power Authority (NYPA) announced that it has purchased eight fuel cell power plants for use at wastewater treatment plants in New York City. The 200-kW power units manufactured by UTC Fuel Cells will produce power for wastewater...

Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Shweiker. (EUN Ticker).(awards contract to Community Energy Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Shweiker, marking the fifth anniversary of the state's electric competition program announced December 5 that the Commonwealth had awarded a contract to Community Energy Inc. for the purchase renewable energy to supply 5%...

The U.S. Energy Department. (EUN Ticker).(sued by Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The U.S. Energy Department was sued on Dec. 11 by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) for not turning over records regarding the agency's role in developing President George W. Bush's national energy policy. NRDC said it had waited...

California resort to Use GE's power in a box. (News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... LAS VEGAS, NV--City of Industry, CA, has purchased two GE Power in a Box power generation units for its Pacific Palms resort complex. The one-megawatt, self-contained units will be used to supply all of the energy demands for the 600-acre, Los...

Consultants face difficult new questions in evolving data center design: Critical power problems demand critical decisions by consultants. (Power Quality and Reliability).(various companies and their data center management and services)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... High energy costs and unfriendly utilities are not breaking news to those responsible for designing and building critical power facilities such as data centers--the backbone of the Internet, telephony, and most financial transactions. These...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2002... Fossil Fuels and Combined Heat and Power CHP may help reduce energy costs, but don't oversell its advantages In the aftermath of the attack of September 11th, President George Bush and political leaders from both parties worked to...

A new distribution paradigm: DG solutions can improve reliability and save money.(companies combining distributed generators with enterprise energy management)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... According to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), power outages and disturbances cost the U.S. economy $188 billion per year. Oracle Corporation estimated that a reliable supply of power is worth millions of dollars per hour. In fact,...

Integrated data center design in the new millennium: New circumstances require a greater attention to detail.(aspects of data center design)
February 1, 2002... Today's rapidly changing marketplace makes designing data centers and facilities that meet the needs of today and tomorrow increasingly difficult. Time and money have always been an important part of the design process; however, increased...

Engine management system. (Motors, Controls & Drives).
February 1, 2002... Engine management system optimizes engine performance by monitoring speed, pressure, temperature, and other engine conditions; controlling ignition timing, speed governing, and stop/start functions; plus providing diagnostic help and fault...

Motor starting switches. (Motors, Controls & Drives).
February 1, 2002... Motor starting switches, now available in metal NEMA 1 enclosures, are suitable for a wide range of applications, including manual on/off switching control of conveyor lines, machinery, air compressors, heaters, and other heavy manufacturing...

Enterprise automation software. (Motors, Controls & Drives).
February 1, 2002... Enterprise automation software consists of a suite of network-based software that runs on central servers and field hardware. The system leverages open standards including BACnet and Lon-Works; Ethernet and Internet technologies such as TCP/IP,...

Power distribution unit. (Motors, Controls & Drives).
February 1, 2002... Power distribution unit (75300 kVA) is designed for use with the company's Silcon series of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) for power protection and management in Internet infrastructure, data center, and enterprise applications. Requiring...

Data logger. (Motors, Controls & Drives).(Product Information)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Data logger captures short-term events such as sags, swells, and dropouts. The logger samples the input 10 times per second and only stores the data when an alarm threshold is crossed, thus maximizing its use of memory. The 65,000-point storage...

Surge protection device. (Motors, Controls & Drives).
February 1, 2002... Surge protection device increases safety and performance through metal oxide varistors (MOV) that can sustain high surge currents. The low impedance surge suppression platform reduces let-through voltage for ANSI/IEEE defined surges. Advanced...

Adjustable speed drive. (Motors, Controls & Drives).(Product Information)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Adjustable speed drive provides flux vector technology with or without encoder feedback. The unit is engineered to offer tight control over both torque and speed regulation, while offering a simple, user-friendly operator interface that...

Adjustable frequency drives. (Motors, Controls & Drives).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... Adjustable frequency drives feature Johnson Metasys N2 serial communication protocol as standard. N2 communication allows the user to remotely monitor and control the adjustable speed drive and the fan or pump being operated. A broad array of...

Williams to cut capital spending. (News).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... TULSA, OK--Williams Cos., joining energy traders and independent power producers acting to shore up their balance sheets following the bankruptcy of Enron Corp., announced on December 19 that it would cut its 2002 capital spending by $1...

Power grid bottlenecks cost users more than $1 billion, says commission. (News).(from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... WASHINGTON--Bottlenecks in the nation's power grid added more than $1 billion in charges to the bills of electricity users during the last two summers, a study by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) concludes. The report,...

ASHRAE releases new toolkit for building load calculations.(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ATLANTA--A new CD toolkit from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) makes computing load calculations easier. ASHRAE Toolkit for Building Load Calculations contains the FORTRAN 90 source code...

FERC approves nation's first RTO. (News).(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, regional transmission operator, Midwest Independent System Operator)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... WASHINGTON--The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on December 19 approved the Midwest Independent System Operator as the nation's first regional transmission operator (RTO). The Midwest ISO name may have to be changed, since the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2002... The wrong photo was used to illustrate the relighting of the Pactiv Corp.'s manufacturing facility in Illinois (New Lighting Technologies Make Old Manufacturing Facilities Seem New, November, p. 24). The correct photo appears below. The editors...

Spot market gas: Posted prices. (Statistics, Trends and Energy Data).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Spot Market Gas: Posted Prices January prices represent estimates of median prices for one-month spot transactions. Prices are not offers. Pipeline Jan-01 Dec-01 Jan-02 ANR, La. 9.85...

Ranking of gas utility prices by state commercial. (Statistics, Trends and Energy Data).(Hawaii ranks as the state with the highest gas utility prices)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Ranking of Gas Utility Prices By State Commercial Rank State Price/Mcf 1 Hawaii $17.30 2 New Hampshire $11.66 3 Pennsylvania $11.55 4 Rhode Island $11.26 ...

Ranking of electricity prices commercial.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Ranking of Electricity Prices Commercial Rank Cts/kWh ST UTILITY %Total kWh 1 39.05 AK G and K Inc. 0.000% 2 28.88 RI Block Island Power Co. 0.002% 3 24.55...

Weather hedge prices.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... Weather Hedge Prices OPTIONS Staion Structure Period Location WBAn Type (mm/yy-mm/yy) Strike Atlanta, GA 13874 HDD Call Jan 02-Mar 02 1400 Baltimore, MD 93721 HDD Call...

Degree Days for selected cities.(table shows December, 2001 data)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... DEGREE DAYS For Selected Cities December Monthly Monthly Deviation Monthly Deviation City Total from Norm from Last Year Atlanta 454 -182 -405 Baltimore...