Like Edison in New York City, solar must deliver a better service for a cheaper price if it wishes to displace the burning of oil for light.
In addition, the electric utility lobby in Washington is extraordinarily powerful, and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents public utility heavyweights like Edison International, Exelon and Constellation Energy Group, is fully behind the department's announcement of "national interest" zones.
Some people are natural idea generators like Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs or Pat Gunkel.
Largely forgotten for decades in the shadows of inventors like Thomas Edison, Tesla has emerged in recent years as a sort of unsung hero among the science-minded.
Over the next two or three weeks, I am going to write a series of posts explaining why it would behoove investors to start thinking differently about investor-owned utilities like Con Edison.
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Indeed, the Jobs Model could be named for geniuses like Bell, Edison or Marconi.
Just like Zuck and Edison, James Dyson prefers to invent not by theorizing but by building one prototype after another until he succeeds.
Unlike Google and Microsoft, most of the remaining companies in the smart-grid space have targeted large electric utilities like Duke Energy and Consolidated Edison of New York with services and products that most consumers have no idea exist.
Just like that night in Menlo Park when Edison and his team knew their bulb would light but had no idea how long it would stay lit, we were staring at the glimmer of our own light bulb moments.
That looks like a fantastic price, given that Consolidated Edison trades at 9 times Ebitda.
People like to tag Kurzweil as the "rightful heir to Thomas Edison, " and that's not a stretch considering he's responsible for some of the most useful inventions of the past century.
Edison sent word to the commission that although he would like to see capital punishment abolished altogether, death by electrocution was the most humane method--and AC the preferred current.
Edison Nation produces the Emmy award-winning television show, Everyday Edisons, where successful products like the Gyro Bowl, Mister Steamy and Emery Cat got their start.
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Wetstone is referring to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the powerful industry group that represents investor-owned utilities like Southern Company and American Electric Power--both of which are against the standard for renewables.
Wetstone is referring to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the powerful industry group that represents investor-owned utilities like Southern Company and American Electric Power (nyse: AEP - news - people )--both of which are against the standard for renewables.
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