Everyone makes mistakes, but regulators have a higher responsibility to be careful and deliberate. Institutional speed bumps help keep the pace slow, reducing the speed […]
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Down to Earth: Ohio’s Geothermal Energy Innovation
Miami University, a public research university located in the small city of Oxford, OH, has been making unprecedented progress in the field of geothermal energy. […]
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Why We Can’t Leave Fossil Fuels In The Ground
Environmentalists and activists on the further reaches of the green movement occasionally go as far as to say ‘leave all fossil fuels in the ground.’ […]
Read MoreWill FERC Consider Cumulative GHG Impacts of New Pipeline Projects? It’s Complicated
Will FERC Consider Cumulative GHG Impacts of New Pipeline Projects? It’s Complicated The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made a little noticed determination over the […]
Read MoreDo You Think Pipelines Are Safe?
We asked: Do you think pipelines are safe? According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, “more than 2.6 million […]
Read MoreWhat is Infrastructure?
Defining Infrastructure To engage in comprehensive and intelligent discussion regarding our nation’s infrastructure policy, we first need to be thoughtful about what qualifies as “infrastructure.” […]
Read MoreAtlanta Power Outage And The Need For More Resilient Infrastructure
While power is back on at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport, the question remains: what happened to make the busiest airport in the world lose power […]
Read MoreGrid Security – Between Hype and Heads in the Sand
Aii Founder and Chairman, Brigham McCown, was privileged to speak to the students and faculty at the Schar School of Policy and Government and Scalia […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Electric Grid: A Primer
On July 12, we published “Building a Smarter Electric Grid: How Investing in Smarter Electricity Infrastructure Will Energize America,” a white-paper focused on the opportunities […]
Read MoreElectromagnetic Pulse Attacks: Are We Ready?
A recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) report indicates that the United States electric grid is still vulnerable to electromagnetic pulse attacks, despite recommendations made almost […]
Read MorePipeline Safety Legislation Inches Closer to Becoming Law
Written by Shane Skelton, Aii Executive Director Pipeline safety reauthorization legislation cleared another crucial hurdle on its way to the President’s desk on Wednesday when […]
Read MoreThe European energy union: A win for both continents
Energy Union In a first step toward creating an integrated energy grid, the European Commission last week allocated € 200 million ($223 million) for cross-border […]
Read MoreGuest Blog: Just Say No to Europe and Nord Stream 2
Written by Debra Cagan, Senior State Department Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins, SAIS One would think that with plunging oil and gas prices, […]
Read MoreNevada Solar Crisis Deepens as Regulators Deny Grandfathering Provision
In a new twist to a long running solar energy battle, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Nevada denied a provision to grandfather approximately 17,000 […]
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