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Morning Energy Blog – August 31, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. U.S. stocks closed with a whimper on Friday. And I’ll take it. After two big up days and retracing back into my resistance area I was worried about sellers coming in especially with the weekend was coming up. The huge and rapid drop in the major indexes did very […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 28, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. Yesterday we had a second consecutive great day on Wall Street with all the three major indexes closing materially higher. The Dow rose 369 points, 2.27%, ending at 16,654, the S&P 500 added 47 points, 2.4%, to 1,988 and the Nasdaq closed up 115, 2.5%, at 4,812. Global equity […]

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How demand flexibility is about to transform electricity delivery

Automated energy efficiency, dubbed ‘flexiwatts,’ could change how we consume energy for good Solar and battery storage are commonly noted as the biggest threats — and opportunities — for the utility business model, but a new report shows that when consumers use their electricity may matter just as much to utilities as if they produce […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 27, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. After six sessions of negative news, for that is how long this losing streak has lasted, I finally get to relay (and I bet you already know what I’m going to say!) U.S. equities had a good day. No, they had a great day! In fact, on a percentage […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 26, 2015

Equities and the Economy Good morning. Horrible, horrible, horrible price action yesterday. When I came in yesterday Dow futures were up 523 points. When I finished writing this Report the Dow had eased off to being up 283 points. When closing bell rang all the gains evaporated with the Dow finishing down 205 points,1.29%, at […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 25, 2015

Equities and the Economy This is not the déjà vu I wanted to see all over again. At least you have your health (hopefully!) because our 401K’s or portfolios continue to get pounded. Ugly is not a proper description for yesterday. Grotesque is a better word. Forget economic reports. Forget PMI’s. Forget housing starts. Forget […]

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Obama pushing for more clean energy choices for consumers

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a Clean Power Plan event at the White House in Washington, DC, August 3, 2015. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing back against fossil fuel interests, President Barack Obama is pressing to give ordinary Americans more power to choose what kind of power they use. The president, […]

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The Power Revolutions

Natural gas, solar power and data-driven efficiency are making big gains, but history shows that the shift away from coal and oil won’t be fast or neat The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, a 110-megawatt solar thermal power facility, near Tonopah, Nev., June 26, 2014. Officials with the project say they expect it to start […]

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Morning Energy Blog – August 24, 2015

Equites and the Economy Good morning. Well it was a heck of a run! Folks you may not have realized it didn’t realize it but the way long overdue correction just happened, and I bet you didn’t even see it for it happened so fast! On Friday we just ended the third longest running bull […]

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