Features Energy

It was 1898—fewer than half of the homes in the Unites States had electricity and the top-of-the-fold news for most citizens was the Spanish American War. It was also the year James Cox purchased the Dayton Daily News, beginning what would eventually become Cox Enterprises. Over the next 120 years, the company would grow from a single […]

It may seem to the benefit of consumers, but the depressed price of natural gas presents issues to a multinational company’s division whose responsibilities include creating around a third of the world’s electricity from multiple sources—and is also in the midst of a realignment. So it’s a big-picture view that Chris Tyler must take to […]

Well-versed in financial analytics from his former career in Canadian banking, Robin Bateman knew that yesterday’s business model didn’t ensure a productive tomorrow and that one must anticipate trends. That he did in 2004 as the new owner of Western Oil Services Ltd, a suburban Vancouver company that had long made the bulk of its […]

In the high desert of Southern California, utility companies face plenty of challenges: mountainous terrain, high winds, extreme temperatures, the occasional snowstorm, beating sun and 4,000-foot altitude. Often, just getting a service truck to a utility pole is a challenge. Given these challenges, those locales aren’t exactly a draw for private utility companies. That’s where […]

Cordova Electric Cooperative Inc. (CEC) is the sole electrical utility for the coastal community of Cordova, Alaska, and CEC has gradually established itself as a trailblazer for reliable, green, clean, renewable energy production. In fact, the cooperative was founded in 1978 after visionary town members voted to establish a community-owned electric cooperative capable of lighting up […]