DOE has assessed fundamental research needs in carbon management through a series of workshops. A new report based on information from those workshops and other background materials is available on the Internet.

The Distributed Power Coalition of America (DPCA) is holding its annual meeting this week in Washington, with a special session on Interconnection Issues.

In one of the most balanced and thorough discussions I've seen, the new issue Wired Magazine has a feature article this month (November, 1998, "6.11") that reviews the history and current events of cold fusion research. "What If Cold Fusion Is Real?", by Charles Platt, looks into the continuing work and tantalizing experimental evidence from all around the world.

Sandia is developing a proposal for a Substation Power Quality System (SPQS) project and needs industry input. Attached below are the text of a powerpoint presentation and a list of questions. There hasn't been much involvement yet from utilities, so UFTO companies are especially encouraged to respond directly to Sandia with comments.

This report details findings about technology and technology transfer opportunities at the Argonne National Laboratory that might be of strategic interest to electric utilities. It is a major update and revision to materials developed previously, and is based on a visit to the lab in July 1998.

The Task Force's final 150 page report, "Maintaining Reliability in a Competitive U.S. Electricity Industry: Final Report of the Task Force on Electric System Reliability," dated September 29, 1998, addresses the critical institutional, technical and policy issues related to maintaining bulk-power system reliability in the context of a more competitive electric industry.

The following is a portion of a recent press release describing a new project development initiative that has attracted a lot of high level attention and is quickly expanding nationally and internationally. The main feature of these projects is that they use gas turbines as cogenerators in applications where electricity, heat or steam are used to solve.

On October 21-22, 1998, the East Coast Environmental Capital Forum will introduce investors to selected companies commercializing a range of industrial process, energy, and other environmental technologies, products and services.

It is a 28 page (100K) Word doc, so only the front matter is included below in this note. You can obtain the full text.

Ionic Fuel Technology is a small public U.S. company (NASDAQ-IFTI) with a device that substantially increases the efficiency of any hydrocarbon fueled burner. This is proven, operational, commercial technology that can be used/retrofit with any boiler technology, regardless of/in addition to other (emissions control) equipment.

Here is the draft agenda for the September 29 meeting of the DOE Task Force on Electric System Reliability. It is anticipated that the Task Force will conclude its work at this meeting with the approval of a final report.

Our federal system shares institutional responsibility for ensuring North American grid reliability; this paper addresses the role of state and regional authorities. Our focus is issues of siting and non-federal price regulation that have significant reliability implications.

The Department of Energy's Electric System Reliability Task Force has written a position paper, "Incentives for Transmission Enhancement". The report indicates that a need exists for the construction of more power lines to relieve congestion, and that regulators should provide incentives for their construction.

Lockheed Martin is contemplating deployment of a geosynchronous (GEO) satellite network which will offer bandwidth-on-demand asymmetric services suited to high rate or bursty data traffic. We have retained the management consulting firm KPMG to assist with a market survey of potential users.