Posts Tagged ‘energy efficiency’

• Energy Northwest’s Nuke Agenda Bewildering

  The news that Energy Northwest, the Washington consortium of 25 publicly owned utilities, wants to build new nukes in the state is just remarkable. Bewildering, actually. You may recall this outfit by its old name, the Washington Public Power Supply System, WPPSS. Twenty five years ago, after its effort to build five plants led to the biggest muni bond default in history, the agency was widely derided as WHOOPS!. Now it has a new name.

• Efficiency’s Pot of Gold

  The McKinsey & Co. study on energy efficiency savings potential is stunning–in a good way–for a couple of reasons, only one of which has to do with the content of the report.