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Mild weather, record storage levels batter natural gas prices
Lower rig counts and production shut-ins needed to lift prices, analysts agree >
Smart 101: Virtual power plants and demand management
The next step in the evolution of electricity is no sci-fi dream >
Oil and power prices to match 2009 levels
Natural gas prices to fall on strength of steady inventories and new supplies >
When new electricity meets old money
Why Ontario's plan to scrap coal-fired generation won't be a walk in the park >
Australian academics bet big on renewables
100 per cent renewable power is not a fantasy, but it's not cheap, either >
New report urges continental approach to renewables
European Climate Foundation advocates integrated distribution, generation >
Alternate Energies 101
The path to an alternative energy future is varied >

Predictions and Probabilities

Despite unforeseen disasters that influenced Alberta’s prosperity last year, economists are forecasting a healthy outlook in 2004 >

How to Save Money on Your Next Utility Bill

After this summer’s massive power outage in regions of Canada and the United States, reducing power consumption is on every business owner’s mind. >

Deregulation Unscrambled

Experts, players and stakeholders agree – it is not possible to put electricity’s Humpty Dumpty back together again – even if the premier wanted to get out the glue gun >

Electrical meter-reading problems and billing errors over the past year sparked a heated argument between Energy Minister Murray Smith and EPCOR CEO Don Lowry which boiled over into the public eye in mid-October. >

Shame, Shame

Confused readers could be forgiven for mistaking the business pages for a police blotter during the past year, which saw dragnets descend on several executives from such former investment darlings as Enron, Adelphia and WorldCom. The headlines made great fodder for stand-up comedians with jokes about accountants gone bad and decorating tips for prison cells by Martha Stewart, accused of insider trading on biotech giant ImClone. >

Kyoto Discord

Supporters describe it as a catalyst that will foster investment in new technology and encourage business to become more efficient. Critics call it a kneejerk response to European pressure which will have no significant impact on the environment and will deal a devastating blow to Alberta’s economy.

The Coal Question

Regarded as a dirty fuel of the past, coal is experiencing a turnaround in Alberta, repositioning to become a gateway to the epoch of clean energy as a companion and competitor to trendier natural gas, wind and solar power.
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Don Lowry

Don Lowry – President and CEO, EPCOR Utilities Inc.

Managing operating assets of $2.1 billion, in a year where energy deregulation has turned the province upside-down, EPCOR president and CEO Don Lowry remains focused on an aggressive growth plan that will see the essential services firm double the size of earnings over the next 10 years.
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Dan Macnamara

Dan Macnamara – Executive Director, Industrial Power Consumers and Cogenerators Association of Alberta

When Dan Macnamara stands up and shouts “power to the people” you can’t help but take him literally.
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N. Neil McCrank

N. Neil McCrank – Chairman, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

If Neil McCrank, Q.C. were a circus performer, the chairman of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board would walk the high wire. To the right, industry lines up with more oil and gas drilling applications than ever before, seeking permission to tap sour gas reservoirs or build new coal-fired electric generation plants.
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