November/December 2011 (Vol. 36 No. 6)

Features

• SOLAR PROGRESS - Still a small part of the portfolio, solar power saw triple-digit growth in each of the last two years—with the steepest increase coming in utility-owned solar projects.
  
• NAVIGATING A TRANSITION - The industry’s most recent Distinguished Leadership Award-winner applies lessons of the past to the electric utility agenda of the future.
  
• COMPUTING IN THE CLOUD - As utilities handle the data deluge and the information technology demands of the smart grid, does the cloud fit their needs?
  

News & Trends

• NEWS AND TRENDS - Top environmental concerns...capturing carbon...set-top energy hogs...cloud computing...utility guide to electric vehicles...real-time energy management...smart grid workforce trends...DOE's quadrennial technology review...and more.
  

Departments

• POWERING CHANGE - Value and the Modernized Customer.
  
• ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT WORK - Wire intelligence.
  
• FINANCIAL - The EEI Index produced a positive 1.8-percent return during the third quarter—more than enough to dramatically outperform the broad market.
  
• ECONOMICS - Recent data suggest that growth in the residential electricity sector is slowing down again, at least in certain regions, and may even be declining.
  
• ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE - Are you on the same channel?