Comments on: How Your Money Made the TXU deal happen http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/ Musings on investing, renewable energy, the global warming, denver, and the stock market. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: TXU goes Nuclear- (rant) « EE/RE Investing http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-3047 TXU goes Nuclear- (rant) « EE/RE Investing Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:45:59 +0000 http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-3047 [...] April 10, 2007 at 12:45 pm · Filed under Energy efficiency, Concentrating Solar Power, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Nuclear Power, Coal, Global Warming A Wall Street Journal article today reposrts that TXU is planning on using nuclear power to replace the coal plants which they shelved recently. [...] [...] April 10, 2007 at 12:45 pm · Filed under Energy efficiency, Concentrating Solar Power, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Nuclear Power, Coal, Global Warming A Wall Street Journal article today reposrts that TXU is planning on using nuclear power to replace the coal plants which they shelved recently. [...]

]]> By: SRI Mutual Funds: Robin Hood or Robber Baron? « EE/RE Investing http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2551 SRI Mutual Funds: Robin Hood or Robber Baron? « EE/RE Investing Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:00:15 +0000 http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2551 [...] using their criteria. There is no doubt in my mind that this reasearch is valuable, and that their assets have an effect on the behaviour of companies in the market. Is it worth it? You decide every time you [...] [...] using their criteria. There is no doubt in my mind that this reasearch is valuable, and that their assets have an effect on the behaviour of companies in the market. Is it worth it? You decide every time you [...]

]]> By: Tom http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2543 Tom Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:09:14 +0000 http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2543 For US utilities, they're all lesser evils at this point. In addition to FPL (my fave) and PG&E, there is HE (Hawaiian Electric) which is making some good moves due to regulatory push ... rather like PG&E ( the Rocky Montain Institute was called in to consult on this,) and Xcel.... see my "<a href="http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2006/11/12/five-minutes-with-xcels-dick-kelley/" rel="nofollow">Five Minutes With Dick Kelley</a>" entry.) For US utilities, they’re all lesser evils at this point. In addition to FPL (my fave) and PG&E, there is HE (Hawaiian Electric) which is making some good moves due to regulatory push … rather like PG&E ( the Rocky Montain Institute was called in to consult on this,) and Xcel…. see my “Five Minutes With Dick Kelley” entry.)

]]> By: Trick Billards http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2542 Trick Billards Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:59:06 +0000 http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2542 PG&E is borderline in my opinion. They've done a great job on marketing their green praactices but also have done a great job at covering up some of their dirty work. They've consistently stood in the way of expanding net metering. They've pushed for lower tier rates for distributed generation. They almost managed to take away solar renewable energy credits from owners of solar installations. They spent half a million putting out a campaign to fight SMUD expansion and used misleading information to promote themselves (granted this could be seen as a legitimate self interest expense, but that money could have been spent on further incentive programs like SMUD's). Granted they have pushed for large wind farms and are now experimenting with wave power. For me however, PG&E is just the lesser evil at this point and not the vanguard. PG&E is borderline in my opinion. They’ve done a great job on marketing their green praactices but also have done a great job at covering up some of their dirty work. They’ve consistently stood in the way of expanding net metering. They’ve pushed for lower tier rates for distributed generation. They almost managed to take away solar renewable energy credits from owners of solar installations. They spent half a million putting out a campaign to fight SMUD expansion and used misleading information to promote themselves (granted this could be seen as a legitimate self interest expense, but that money could have been spent on further incentive programs like SMUD’s).

Granted they have pushed for large wind farms and are now experimenting with wave power. For me however, PG&E is just the lesser evil at this point and not the vanguard.

]]> By: Charles Morand http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2541 Charles Morand Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:33:42 +0000 http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2541 Marc: 2 come to my mind without having to think too much about it: 1) FPL (NYSE:FPL), which has one of the largest wind fleets in the world. It's exposure to nuclear may, however, reflect badly on it with certain folks in the SRI industry. 2) Pacific Gas & Electric Company, which has been very aggressive on a range of things like smart metering, renewable energy and efficiency. Marc:

2 come to my mind without having to think too much about it:

1) FPL (NYSE:FPL), which has one of the largest wind fleets in the world. It’s exposure to nuclear may, however, reflect badly on it with certain folks in the SRI industry.

2) Pacific Gas & Electric Company, which has been very aggressive on a range of things like smart metering, renewable energy and efficiency.

]]> By: Marc Gunther http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2540 Marc Gunther Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:04:47 +0000 http://tomkonrad.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/how-your-money-made-the-txu-deal-happen/#comment-2540 Well said, Tom. I wonder which, if any, of the big publicly traded utility companies you would identify as climate-friendly? Well said, Tom. I wonder which, if any, of the big publicly traded utility companies you would identify as climate-friendly?

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