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Perspectives: A New Federalism in a Post-Covid World, Part 4 of 4
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Perspectives: A New Federalism, Part 3 of 4
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Perspectives: A New Federalism, Part 2 of 4
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Perspectives: A New Federalism Awaits us in a Post-COVID-19 America, Part 1 of 4
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Proposed COVID-19 Economic Solution
Only a few weeks ago we were all in our offices hard at work, among other things promoting a clean energy future and stakeholder capitalism, and excited about our new relationship with the Montecito Journal. That shifted mid-March when it became clear that this novel Coronavirus had become a public health emergency here in California and around the world. […]
Perspectives: Why Good Leaders are the Ones Who Make Us Feel Safe
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Perspectives: The Death of an Electric Monopoly
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Perspectives: Transmission Woes on Central Coast
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Academy Moves Forward on Nuclear Crisis Awareness
On March 11, 2011, there was a seismic catastrophe unrelated to greenhouse gas emissions that devastated the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant and placed a huge question mark on the claims of nuclear fission to be a “clean” and relatively benign source of energy. Revelations over the past year have brought alarming clarity to the […]
Advanced Community Energy (ACE): A Winning Hand for Local Energy Development
The increasing prevalence of wildfires (often sparked by utility wires) and other extreme weather events highlights the urgent need for DERs and local microgrid systems to provide true resiliency against climate-induced disruption and state authorized Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) that would preemptively deenergize transmission lines. Unfortunately, there are many hurdles to be cleared before […]
Montecito Community Microgrid Status Report (December 2019)
The World Business Academy, in partnership with the contractor we selected, the Clean Coalition, has been building support for the Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative (MCMI), a project featuring three “behind-the-meter” critical facility microgrids located at the Montecito Fire District (MFD), Montecito Water District (MWD), and Montecito Union School (MUS) in Montecito’s Upper Village. To date, […]