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October 15, 2016 by

The Electricity Future for New England: Uncertainty and High Prices

These days, in terms of resources, New England is poorly positioned to make electricity. As Gregg Cornett, president of Rhode Island Energy, told me in an interview, it doesn’t sit on abundant coal reserves and natural gas — the critical fuel in today’s electricity generating mix — or hide beneath the surface, waiting for the […]

A Revolutionary Calls Out the Utility Industry

Llewellyn King

The demand for electricity continues to rise, and there is a wide recognition that there is going to be pressure on the grid as never before, and that it is time to think about the grid in new ways. We need to think about how it operates, how it might operate, and the technologies — including artificial intelligence as […]

My Happy Place Is on a Train, Including Amtrak

Llewellyn King

This is being written on Amtrak’s Northeast Regional Train 171, in coach, en route from Providence, R.I., to New York. I am in my happy place. I am a trainman. Given a choice, I would ride the rails over any other mode of transport — except flying, when I owned a plane. Something happens to […]

Don’t Let AI Get Away Without Helping You: Iterate

Llewellyn King

I haven’t had a good relationship with the Age of Computing. I don’t understand computers, but I believe they understand me. And that is the problem. The first time I used an ATM machine, I expected it to sneer at my balance — and to do it aloud, so everyone in range could hear. It […]