Via Lynne Kiesling I discovered this story about a data center in Helsinki being located underneath Uspenski Cathedral so that the waste heat from all of the computers can be used to keep the neighbourhood warm. Like Lynne I am impressed by Finnish initiative when it comes to environmental issues. But then I wondered which one of my ...

Originally published at Cheryl's Mewsings. Please leave any comments there. Via Lynne Kiesling I discovered this story about a data center in Helsinki being located underneath Uspenski Cathedral so that the waste heat from all of the computers can be used to keep the neighbourhood warm. Like Lynne I am impressed by Finnish initiative when it comes to environmental issues. But then I wondered ...

Ask Lynne Kiesling's and Andrew Kleit's new book, Electricity Restructuring: The Texas Story. From the AEI online store description: In the early 1990s, the U.S. ... and business models; because the markets integrate wholesale and retail competition; and because the operation of the transmission grid has been changed to maximize its efficiency. Here is the link. Congrats, Lynne!...

... a given moment, or how much that consumption is costing. Typical consumers get a bill at the end of the month reporting total consumption and the total bill... Lynne Kiesling adds: Tim is correct that electricity regulation has led to a world in which consumers pay a fixed, averaged price and only know how much they have consumed when ...