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Photos: Pumping gas from manure to PG&E: The California utility is set to move manure-generated gas through pipelines to power plants across the state. by CNET News.com; Tags: PG&E Corp., Photograph, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-03-03
Surf's up for PG&E and Finavera: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has extended its portfolio of renewable energy commitments into wave energy. As far as I'm aware, this represents the first commercial commitment to a wave project located in the United States. So far, most of the discernable wave energy projects have been in places like...; Tags: Coast, Renewable Energy, PG&E Corp., Animation, Finavera, Pacific Gas & Electric, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-12-23
PG&E CIO: Pat Lawicki: In a CIO Vision Series interview, Pat Lawicki CIO of PG&E talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about energizing one of the United States' largest utilities with new technologies, such as tagging utility poles with RFID, smart meters that will quickly measure customer energy usage and intelligent grids...; Tags: CIO, PG&E Corp., Tagging, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Measuring energy usage with smarter meters: Pat Lawicki, CIO of PG&E describes the company's new smart meter program, that will enable faster meter readings, and allow customers to change their behavior on a real-time basis. by Andrew Mager; Tags: PG&E Corp., Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Equipping PG&E workers with PCs: Pat Lawicki, CIO of PG&E talks about her biggest challenges within the company, such as training her service and maintenance workers with new handheld devices and computers skills. by Andrew Mager; Tags: PC, PG&E Corp., Worker, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-12-11

Fixing damages immediately with RFID: Pat Lawicki, CIO of PG&E describes how PG&E will start tagging transformers and poles with new RFID tags so line workers can more efficiently access and fix damages when accidents occur. by Andrew Mager; Tags: PG&E Corp., Tagging, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-12-11
PG&E CIO: Pat Lawicki - Transcript: Dan Farber: Pat thanks for joining me. Pat Lawicki: Thank you, I'm delighted to be here. Dan Farber: Now you've been at PG&E in 2005, it's a company that's undergoing some transition as you're putting in new systems. What is the scope of...; Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, PG&E Corp., Customer, Vision, Lawicki, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Another step forward for solar up-start Ausra: It's gratifying when companies actually follow up on statements of purpose. I'm pleased to report that such is the case with Australian solar power darling Ausra and U.S. utility company Pacific Gas & Electric, which separately committed to solar development projects back during the flurry of green PR associated with...; Tags: Turbine, PG&E Corp., Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-11-17
Whistleblower calls on Congress: Whistleblower calls on CongressOpinionsRemember Congress is just that a small narrow minded entity focused on what abuse they can inflict on our society. They want to be remembered in history for some minute fact or legislarion.More and more they take away from us and suening is a part of the...; Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, lead based paint; Discussion threads 2007-11-12
"Sunny day, chasing those clouds away." (Or Ausra teams up with utilities for solar thermal development): Another amazingly sunny, potentially thunder-y afternoon out here in Jersey. Which is probably why I noticed this particular set of energy news out of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York this weekâ€¦ Three companies -- FPL Group (the parent company of Florida Power & Light,...; Tags: Team, Turbine, PG&E Corp., Plant, FPL, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2007-09-27
365 Main details SF outage problems: 365 Main details SF outage problemsOh the cure is simple...[B]”At 1:47 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, 365 Main’s San Francisco data center was impacted by a power surge caused when transformer breakers at a local PG&E power station unexpectedly opened. PG&E has still not determined what caused the breakers to...; Tags: Manufacturing, e-GEN, outage, solar array, PG&E Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-08-01
365 Main details SF outage problems: 365 Main on Wednesday detailed what went wrong during the San Francisco power outage last week and detailed what it's doing to make sure its facilities stay running in the future.The power outage on July 24 knocked various sites--including CNET, Craiglist and others--offline and raised questions about business continuity planning.Here's...; Tags: IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Disaster Recovery, Datacenter, Business Continuity; Blog posts 2007-08-01
Photos: Hybrids that give back to the grid: PG&E and CalCars demonstrate how owners of plug-in hybrids could one day send electricity back to the grid.; Tags: grid, PG&E Corp., plug-in, photograph; Image galleries 2007-04-09
Bright ideas: Utility makes grants to schools with solar lesson plans: In an effort to prepare the next generation of Californians to "think green," PG&E is awarding grants to underserved schools who have developed innovative ways to use solar technology, reports KCBS. The program, dubbed Solar Schools Bright Ideas is awarding grants to encourage teachers to incorporate into their curricula...; Tags: Education Technology, Green, PG&E Corp.; Blog posts 2007-01-15

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Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Details, details, details... more on the Microsoft flaws from today: Thought I'd explore some of these bugs a bit more... first, Tipping Point releasedÂ one of the vulnerabilities that Larry reported earlier, listed as a stack overflow issue in Microsoft Office Jet Database Engine.Â The stack overflow isn't what's interesting, what's interesting is the attack vector itself.Â To be fair to...; Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Database Engine, iDefense, Flaw, Exploitation, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, CSS, Microsoft Office, Security, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficiencies: HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Hurd touts efficienciesShould have bought AMD first.They could have obtained EDS at a later date, then filled it with cheap AMD products. AMD is a steal right now! EDS is currently filled with IBM products.RE: HP seals EDS deal; Services No....; Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., No. 2; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges: Today's Press of Atlantic City had a tiny sidebar on a troubling trend of bandwith caps and surcharges coming down the proverbial pipe from Comcast: Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband Reports, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Tcp/Ip, Business Services, Internet, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Data Portability: The Microsoft angle: MySpace unveiled on May 8 yet another industry initiative to allow users and developers to share their social-networking data -- a goal Microsoft also has in its sights. The first partners announcing their participation in MySpace's Data Portability initiative include Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket (also owned by News...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., MySpace, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-08

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