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Jason Makansi - Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis

Tuesday, 07 August 2007

Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What It Means To You

A Big-Picture Podcast with industry expert, Jason Makansi

"Our electricity rates are going to skyrocket. We're not going to see just modest increases in most parts of the country, they're going to increase substantially because of all of these factors - and the brain drain is just one of them - but a very important one." Jason Makansi

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, William Tucker wrote about Jason Makansi's new book, Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What It Means To You, (published by Wiley & Co.); "Most people don't realize that skyrocketing global energy demand and economic growth severely affect the supply of electricity. Between production (power plants) and delivery is an antiquated, "third-world" transmission grid that is in desperate need of hardening against breakdowns, terrorist attacks, inadequate carrying capacity, and operational obsolescence. And while electricity doesn't hold the headlines or dramatic power of oil, the ability to ensure its uninterrupted supply at a reasonable price is even more essential to global survival and prosperity. Lights Out is today's most detailed, in-depth examination of this largely unreported looming energy crisis. Written by one of the world's top electricity industry experts, this powerful book covers numerous hot button economic and political issues-free markets versus regulation; energy independence versus foreign imports; nuclear power, global warming, and other environmental issues; and much more." (Click read more for links)

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About Jason Makansi

Jason Makansi

Jason Makansi is the President of Pearl Street, Inc., a consulting firm serving the electricity industry; Principal of PS Liquidity Advisors, an advisory service for energy technology companies raising capital; Executive Director of the Energy Storage Council, a public-policy advocacy organization; and a founding partner of an electricity-focused investment fund.

A prolific author, respected industry thought leader, and seasoned communicator, Makansi has been analyzing the technological, business, and regulatory issues in electricity production and delivery for over twenty-five years. Makansi's experience includes serving as Director, Power Generation for Myplant.com, a division of Honeywell, and serving as Editor-in-Chief of Power and Electric Power International magazines and as a contributing editor of Electrical World magazine. During his 18-year tenure with The McGraw Hill Companies, he researched and analyzed every aspect of electricity generation and visited power plants and electricity infrastructure around the globe.

Mr. Makansi has appeared on CNBC and the Financial News Network and has been interviewed on NPR. He has been interviewed for and quoted in The New York Times, Newsweek and CFO magazine, has written special sections on energy for Business Week, and has had articles published in Power magazine, Electric Power International, Global Energy Business, Electrical World, Power Engineering, Combined Cycle Journal, IEEE Spectrum, and others. Additionally, he was featured in a History Channel production of Modern Marvels on power plants.

Active in academic, industry and policy forums, he is a member of the United States Energy Association, the National Coal Council, The International Society for Industrial Ecology, and he serves on the The Electric Power Conference Series Program Committee and the Executive Committee ISA/EPRI Power Industry Division Conference.

Makansi earned a BS in chemical engineering from Columbia University.About Pearl Street:

Pearl Street Inc is a technology deployment services firm with affiliates PSI Media (communications and publications), Pearl Street Liquidity Advisors (capital raising and growth strategies), and the Energy Storage Council (public policy and advocacy).

Connect to the industry.
We work with companies across the electricity production and delivery value chain. Our clients are leading electric utilities, innovative technology developers, venture capitalists, investors, project developers, and the largest global equipment suppliers.
Our relationships, nutured over thirty years in the power business, give us one degree of separation from many of the most prominent personalities, companies and media outlets in the industry.

Resources:

Pearl Street Consulting
Pearl Street Power (Blog)
Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What It Means To You
Review in the WSJ by William Tucker
Get Ready for IPv6 - TPR Interview with Ben Worthen
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF)

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