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Electricicity Without Price Controls Blog Index - 321 entries

Electricity Without Price Controls “... insights, vision, intuitions, judgment calls…” (1)
(1) Spinrad, Robert J., in a lecture at the University of Southern California, 1988. Maier, Mark W. (2011-07-16). The Art of Systems Architecting, Third Edition (Systems Engineering) (Page 4). CRC Press. Kindle Edition.

This is a complete list of all entries on the EnergyBlogs.com site with the search keyword EWPC: 321 results in EnergyBlogs.com.  As can be seen almost all of the entries are by Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio.
An answer to "2003 Blackout: Could Smart Grid Save Us Next Time?" - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The answer to the article 2003 Blackout: Could Smart Grid Save Us Next Time? is maybe. But then at what cost to
August 25, 2013
Electric power industry financing - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The Spanish electricity crisis is an outstanding example of the failure of the state institution to provide the necessary incentives
July 30, 2013
Great electric service - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Great electric service will be the result of the development of business model innovations in the retail market, for example,
July 22, 2013
Competitive electric retail revolution - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There were two major limitations to competitive electric retail markets, one was conceptual, the other political. We didn’t really understand
December 10, 2012
Law of the Situation: the utilities did not understand. - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As a follow up to the GMH post Low cost power?, here's another valuable interchange under the EnergyPulse article, What
December 8, 2012
What electric utilities' customers need - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The Special Report EPRI: Utilities have a LOT more to learn about what customers want, posted on SmartGridNews.com, ends with
December 2, 2012
Is the Smart Grid that’s Being Pushed History? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  I guess that now, that the Smart Grid that’s Being Pushed scenario is about to become history, it’s time
November 27, 2012
IMF to encourage professional decisions about electricity - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  I am trying to get my professional systemic advice to the mission of the International Monetary Fund that is
November 13, 2012
Customer oriented electricity - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
For about 40 years, the Dominican Republic has undergone a severe crisis in the electric power sector. Experts have come
November 8, 2012
Smart Grid’s Critical Thinking? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  The abstract of the video The case "against" the smart grid, by Bruce Nordman Energy Analysis Department, LBNL states that
October 11, 2012
The case "against" the smart grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
October 4, 2012
Creative synthesis of the electric power industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Summary: It has been known for quite some time that in order to cope with the electric power industry we
September 2, 2012
Taxed energy: thought Occupiers aren’t expecting, but will love - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Note: the following text is an adapted translation of the article Energía con impuestos: pensamiento que indignados no esperan, pero
August 10, 2012
The Dominican electricity crisis is essentially that of Europe and the USA - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Summary: The GMH article The Dominican electricity crisis is essentially that of Europe and the United States responds to the criticism
July 15, 2012
Systemic leverage to economies doesn't depend on climate change (has video) - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In response to the article Systemic leverage to economies via their electric link, I received a private comment (see below),
July 8, 2012
Systemic leverage to economies via their electric link - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
While considering the proposal of the Value Added Electricity Architecture Framework (VAE-AF, formerly EWPC-AF) as one of the potential systemic
July 6, 2012
How Utilities that Become Tech Companies Might Develop Business Model Innovations - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In the article From volume to value: Why utilities MUST change their business model (and one way to get started),
April 22, 2012
Should Smart Grid Startups Depend Mostly on Utilities Executives Challenges? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Summary: To meet challenges faced by utility executives, smart grid startups are trapped by utilities as their only customer via
April 19, 2012
Why Customers Will Be quote--Mad as Hell--end-quote With the Current Smart Grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
John Egan, President, Egan Energy Communications, Inc, wrote on 3.29.12, the timely EnergyPulse.net article Utility Customers are 'Mad as Hell'
April 17, 2012
Why and How the Status Quo Should Respond to Criticism on Current Smart Grid Developments - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Catherine Wollard recalls that - Begin quote - California-s private companies have began claiming that HVDC was impractical for the Intertie,
April 13, 2012
Conjecture: ICT Replaces Energy as a New Type of Carrier Industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
I conjecture that energy is a manufacturing carrier industry that is being replaced by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
April 3, 2012
Why the Current Smart Grid Process Doesn’t Let the New Steve Job Connect the Dots - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that
March 19, 2012
The Utilities’ Business Marketing Myopia Manifesto - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The utilities did not stop growing because the need for energy based services (light, air conditioning, refrigeration, etc.) declined. That
March 15, 2012
Update: Many Comments on What Would Steve Jobs Do About Energy Innovation? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There are now 11 Comments on the EWPC Blog post What Would Steve Jobs Do About Energy Innovation? As I
March 13, 2012
What Would Steve Jobs Do About Energy Innovation? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under Kevin Bullis' article Can ARPA-E Solve Energy Problems? in Technology Review, I posted the following comment: Hi Kevin, I
March 5, 2012
Is a New Steve Jobs Needed in the Power Industry? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A country has a good electricity regulation, meaning it doesn’t have a powerful status quo (PSQ). A new Steve Jobs
February 24, 2012
FERC's Order 1000 as a Potential Example of Over-Regulated America - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As a short, simple (but not simplistic), and highly important complement to the blog post Is Power Industry Regulation Helping
February 21, 2012
Is Power Industry Regulation Helping Crush the Life Out of America’s Economy? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Is the power industry one important instance of the Over-regulated America: the home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive
February 20, 2012
Will Germany be the First Country to Adopt the EWPC-AF? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
After reading the press release of Germany’s Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur, I think that Germany will be the first country
February 10, 2012
A Perfect Example of the Normalization of Deviance in the Power Industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Summary: The article A how-to guide for hacking your local utility (and what to do now that it is out there),
February 7, 2012
Smart Grid: SoS "… interacting in unpredictable ways that regulators and investors cannot comprehend - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Summary: Similar to financial markets, system crashes are expected in smart grid, because they have been though to be just
February 4, 2012
A Predictable Environment for VCs Smart Grid Investments - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  Why Aren’t VCs Investing in the Smart Grid? is an interesting Research & Analysis article written by Eric Wesoff
May 6, 2011
"The Coming Renaissance" of Business Model (not Price) Competition under EWPC-AF - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In The coming renaissance in electric power retailing (and what it means for the smart grid), Jesse Berst changes his
May 5, 2011
Institute For The Future’s J. Dunagan Announced the Winners of the Smart Grid 2025 Game - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, Ph.D. Systemic Consultant: Electricity IEEE Life Member First posted on the GMH Blog on April 9th,
April 9, 2011
Was Jake Dunagan's Interview the END of the IEEE Spectrum Smart Grid 2025 Game? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
“In order to do what we need to do today to create the best possible future plausible scenario for the
April 7, 2011
The Electricity Without Price Controls Architecture Framework as a Plausible Scenario - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic April 6th, 2011 Mr. Jake Dunagan IEEE Spectrum's Smart Grid 2025 Game Project Leader Institute For
April 6, 2011
A Proposal to Declare the Winners of the IEEE Spectrum Smart Grid 2025 Game - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Twitter update on April 4th, 5:00 PM, Santo Domingo:   @gmh_upsa: RT(That’s a Wrap!) @IEEESpectrum #SmartGrid2025 "FYI... Great work... so
April 2, 2011
Do the Players in 1st and 2nd Place on the Smart Grid 2025 Game Deserve to be Call Winners? Part I. - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
April 4, 2011, Update: a key insight emerged, while elaborating the EWPC post A Proposal to Declare the Winners of
March 31, 2011
Do Players in 1st and 2nd Place in Smart Grid 2025 Game Deserve to be Call Winners? Part II - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
April 4, 2011, Update: a key insight emerged, while elaborating the EWPC post A Proposal to Declare the Winners of
March 31, 2011
What do we need to do today to create the best possible future for the smart grid? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The first thing that needs to be done, to create the best possible future for the smart grid, is a
March 30, 2011
Was the EWPC-AF_Creator the All Around Winner of the Smart Grid 2025 Game? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, Ph.D. IEEE Life Member First posted on March 24, 2011, in the GMH Blog   As
March 24, 2011
Did a Paradigm Shift Emerge in the 24 Hours of the IEEE Spectrum Smart Grid 2025 Game? Part III - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Last 20 plays. Continuation of the 60 plays on the IEEE Spectrum Smart Grid 2025 Game of Part I  and Part
March 21, 2011
Did a Paradigm Shift Emerge in the 24 Hours of the IEEE Spectrum Smart Grid 2025 Game? Part II - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Next 20 plays. Continuation of the 60 plays on the IEEE Spectrum Smart Grid 2025 Game started on Part I    
March 21, 2011
Did a Paradigm Shift Emerge in the 24 Hours of the IEEE Spectrum Smart Grid 2025 Game? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  This is part of my experience in more that 20 engagements, together with many other players, in my attempt
March 21, 2011
How to Get Utilities and Regulators Out of Their Comfort Zones and Fixations - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  In order to get utilities and especially public utilities commissions “out of their comfort zones and fixations” and “to
January 31, 2011
On GOP Energy Plan - A Simple Global Principle that Might Break the Gridlock - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  According to Martin Rosenberg, Editor-in-Chief of EnergyBiz Magazine, in his article GOP Energy Plan Takes Shape, “Rep. Devin Nunes
January 23, 2011
Making Joskow’s “Missing Money” Capacity Markets Obsolete - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under The Baltimore Sun, Jay Hancock's blog, What electricity re-regulation would look like, I posted the following comment: Dear Mr.
January 20, 2011
The Rise of the Intermediates - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
"The Rise of the Intermediates" is the Fourth Tectonic Shift (see Fourteen Tectonic Shifts for Green, written by Michael Kanellos,
December 21, 2010
Does the Future Holds a Homogeneous Smart Grid Black Swan? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Megatrends and black swans of the intelligent utility: Halcrow's Mark Gabriel and Siemens Energy's John Wilson talk about the industry's
December 3, 2010
Smart Grid Customers are Looking for Convenience, as Opposed to Engagement - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Does the Smart Grid Really Need Consumer Engagement? is an insighful article written by Michael Jung that we all have
November 19, 2010
Easing Smart Meters Path with a New Legislative Mandate - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Ken Silverstein has written, on October 12, 2010, the timely article Maryland's Turning Point on Smart Meters: Ratepayers Won't be
October 13, 2010
Should the World Bank Insists on Maintaining the IOUs-AF in Developing Countries? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In response to the Oct 10, 2010, energybiz.com article Bringing Electricity to Poorer Countries: Electrification tops UN Agenda, by Ken
October 11, 2010
A Suggestion to Some Global Elected Official on Bernanke's Threat From Deficits 'Real And Growing' - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The October 4, 2010, story Bernanke: Threat From Deficits 'Real And Growing' distributed by The Associated Press, starts with “The
October 5, 2010
Why is there so much potential risk associated with the smart grid? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
"The sheer volume of interactive devices on two-way networks is the biggest risk. By the end of 2015 we will
October 4, 2010
What should be the dominant profession in (and thus the leader of) the electric power industry? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Look at the pest-03.org presentation Impacts of Power Industry Restructuring on Power System Planning, Operation and Economics (or Decline in
October 3, 2010
Why the Smart Grid World Forum Requires Learning About T&D Transportation Ultraquality - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Turning the Tide on Outages: What are the true costs of implementing—or failing to implement—a stronger, smarter and more robust
September 29, 2010
What is the effect of an ad that gets into an infinite loop blocking traffic to the web page you... - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
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September 22, 2010
Smart Grid: from the regulator as the ultimate customer to the customer as the ultimate regulator - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  As far as I know, the quote “the regulator as the ultimate customer” to “the customer as the ultimate
September 21, 2010
Which Country Will Take the Leadership of a Global Vision for Advancing Grids for Customers? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As the US and Europe are overtaken by their complex political processes, it seems that with a high likelihood they
September 19, 2010
Don Norman Said that a Translational Bridge is Needed Between Design Thinking and Design Doing - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Don Norman at IIT Design Research Conference 2010 vimeo.com   After looking at the presentation, I see that Don is
September 15, 2010
We Need the Creative Destruction of the Electric Power Industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
SmartGridCity and energy policy's secret critics is a critical article by Phil Carson on the Intelligent Utility web site. This
September 9, 2010
The Huge Positive Side of SmartGridCity for the Global Market - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under the timely article The Positive Side of SmartGridCity: Despite all the controversy and negative press, good things are coming
September 3, 2010
3rd Smart Grid Lesson Learned: in the Enterprise side “Everything Dies a Quick Death.” - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Michael Kanellos, one of the greentechmedia.com editors, responded a comment that became the EWPC post The Enterprise Side of the
September 3, 2010
The Enterprise Side of the EWPC-AF as Integrated to the Biggest Green Market - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The Biggest Green Market? Seven Reasons Why It’s Green IT: Solar, wind and biofuels are all fantastic technologies, but to
September 2, 2010
A Message to US Senator Harry Read About a Minimalist Energy Bill - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Update: it is Senator Reid. Federal and state governments should take the leadership to initiate the transformation of the electric
September 1, 2010
Handling Risk Management and Living System Smart Grid Stillborn Threats - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
SmartGridNews.com has a video and an article of the security expert Andy Bochman about two Smart Grid Stillborn Threads. To
August 31, 2010
Should the Smart Grid be a Technological Project to Address a Challenge Faced by Utility Executives? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Following the advice of the great designer Don Norman, the answer is NO, as the most difficult social, organizational, and
August 30, 2010
2 Smart Grid Lessons Learned: Increasing Stimulus Grant was Mistaken. Utilities Must be restructured - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
“SmartGridCity Too Costly To Duplicate: Xcel To Ask Customers To Pay High Cost Of Pilot Program,”is a news report  written
August 25, 2010
What Impact on Utiliities Investors May Have a Reduction of 30 to 70 Percent in Home Energy Use? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Katherine Tweed reported on greentechenterprise, on August 24, 2010, that a General Electric Partnership Could Slash Home Energy Use by 70 Percent.
August 24, 2010
Answering “What Energy Business Are You In?” As the Way Out of The Third Depression - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
During a similar time of great change, railroads and utilities have defined their business incorrectly, by ignoring several insights, like
August 23, 2010
The New California Capitalist Model to Initiate the Transformation of the Global Power Industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Kate Rowland has set a challenge in her Intelligent Utility article Smart meter reflux continues of August 16, 2010, which
August 17, 2010
The BGE Domino is Down - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
On page 15 of ORDER NO. 83531, issued by the PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND, on the 13th day of
August 14, 2010
An Epic Smart Grid Failure is in the Making - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Avoiding an Epic Smart Grid Failure is a timely article by Christopher Perdue, a Vice President of the Sierra Energy Group,
August 12, 2010
Forget Monopoly Feed-In-Tariffs to Start Learning About Competitive Buy-Back Spot Prices - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This comment completely supersedes the www.greentechmedia.com article Feed-In Tariffs Can Spur Disruptive Growth: California is studying a new incentive that
July 31, 2010
Avoiding the Big-Bang Advanced Metering Infrastructure - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Are We Building the Grid @$$ Backwards? is a very timely and excellent article written by Jesse Carson, under which
July 30, 2010
Synchronicity of the Emerging Whole Power Industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Smart Energy Practices, Customer Engagement, is a timely article written by Phil [External Link] of the Intelligent Utility Daily. Next is
July 23, 2010
Three Smart Grid Predictions for Initiating the Global Power Industry Transformation - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Prediction #1: Recognizing the emerging global power industry in the complete context around the Intelligent Utility Inside article Baltimore G&E:
July 21, 2010
Under-Recognized Smart Grid Market Structure and Operability Issues - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Note: this invitation for a generative dialogue is first posted on the EWPC Blog and simultaneously in a few LinkedIn groups. Comments
July 19, 2010
A Strong IEEE Coalition Might be Required to Start Transforming the Power Industry Part 6 of 6 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Applying the IEEE tagline Advancing Technology for Humanity to the power (and maybe gas and water) grids is the mean
July 11, 2010
A Strong IEEE Coalition Might be Required to Start Transforming the Power Industry Part 5 of 6 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Applying the IEEE tagline Advancing Technology for Humanity to the power (and maybe gas and water) grids is the mean
July 11, 2010
A Strong IEEE Coalition Might be Required to Start Transforming the Power Industry Part 4 of 6 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Applying the IEEE tagline Advancing Technology for Humanity to the power (and maybe gas and water) grids is the mean
July 11, 2010
A Strong IEEE Coalition Might be Required to Start Transforming the Power Industry Part 3 of 6 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Applying the IEEE tagline Advancing Technology for Humanity to the power (and maybe gas and water) grids is the mean
July 11, 2010
A Strong IEEE Coalition Might be Required to Start Transforming the Power Industry Part 2 of 6 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Applying the IEEE tagline Advancing Technology for Humanity to the power (and maybe gas and water) grids is the mean
July 11, 2010
A Strong IEEE Coalition Might be Required to Start Transforming the Power Industry Part 1 of 6 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Applying the IEEE tagline Advancing Technology for Humanity to the power (and maybe gas and water) grids is the mean
July 11, 2010
Initiating the Smart Grid Transformation Part 3 of 3 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By following John Kotter’s suggestions about why transformations efforts fail, it becomes crystal clear that the smart grid undergoing process
July 4, 2010
Initiating the Smart Grid Transformation Part 2 of 3 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By following John Kotter’s suggestions about why transformations efforts fail, it becomes crystal clear that the smart grid undergoing process
July 4, 2010
Initiating the Smart Grid Transformation Part 1 of 3 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By following John Kotter’s suggestions about why transformations efforts fail, it becomes crystal clear that the smart grid undergoing process
July 4, 2010
The Potential Setback of the Smart Grid that is Being Pushed - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
All stakeholders need to be aware about the importance of this potential precedent. Under Kate Rowland’s article Smart grid's not-so-good
June 29, 2010
Forget the Customer Engagement Debate; Think Risk Taking Suppliers - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  The outstanding Maryland PSC’s leadership decision is a potential precedent, which will help utilities and state governments accept the
June 25, 2010
Every State Government Should Follow Maryland PSC's Leadership - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Maryland PSC's great leadership decision on BG&E's Smart Metering Project has answered the question posed in the EWPC article Is the
June 23, 2010
The Dynamic Pricing Debate Shows that Utilities Won't be Able Engage Customers - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  Under the IntelligentUtility.com article The Dynamic Pricing Debate, by Kate Rowland, editor-in-chief of Intelligent Utility magazine, which originally appeared
June 19, 2010
Simplistic DynAMIc Pricing Will Cost Payers a Fortune - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Taxpayers and ratepayers representatives are being tricked to let state regulators approve rate increases to utilities related to an Automated
June 6, 2010
Facilitating Research Navigation on EnergyBlogs.com - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
When you visit one blog page, like the one that corresponds to the EWPC Blog, with more than 200 entries
June 5, 2010
Power Industry State of the Art that Emerged from The Network Grid (TNG) Conference - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Architecting evidence on the urgent need to simplify the power industry is based on the serious flaws of an ineffective
May 23, 2010
Adding Smart Markets to Smart Customers and the Smart Grid at The Networked Grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The Networked Grid: 5 Trends to Watch - “Making the customer smart is as important as making the grid smart,”
May 18, 2010
Does ElectriNet(SM) Provides an "Walled Garden"? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Smart Grid Trends: Deja Vu All Over Again? Advice on how to avoid becoming the next CompuServe is a timely
May 17, 2010
State Governments Need to Unleash the Benefits of the Next Big Thing - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As the utility business model has outlived by many years its useful economic life, state legislatures need to produce as
May 9, 2010
Will Utilities develop the Next Big Thing? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As a follow up to the post Isn't the Next Big Thing About Business Model Innovations?, I first add as
May 3, 2010
Isn't the Next Big Thing About Business Model Innovations? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  Under the IntelligentUtility Insight, The 'Next Big Thing', written by Phil Carson, I wrote the following comment:    “Fifteen
April 22, 2010
The “Genius” of the Macrogrid “And” Truly Fair Microgrids - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Charles Petterson has given an opportunity to clarify the central point of the EWPC article Enabling Truly Politically Correct Microgrids.
April 18, 2010
Enabling Truly Politically Correct Microgrids - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
State Legislatures need to give a new mandate to state regulators to enable truly politically correct Microgrids. By trying to
March 23, 2010
Super Grid: the Smart Grid that is Being Pushed - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  In synchronicity with the article Macrogrids and microgrids: another conversation, by Phil Carson, I posted the following comment:  The
March 22, 2010
A Breakthrough in National Electricity Policy - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A lot have been written about national energy policy by using analytic thinking. As suggested by Albert Einstein, “We cannot
March 18, 2010
Is the Smart Grid that is Being Pushed a Costly Mistake? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The main argument is that, by inaction, each State Government should be responsible to their constituencies for a very costly
March 14, 2010
Unleashing Design Thinking in the Power Industry by Reframing - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Design Thinking demand side radical disruptive innovations to the power industry at the "fuzzy front end" are facilitated with a
March 8, 2010
Another Institutional Memory Warning: Do today's power grids have little centralized control? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Smart Grid Command & Control: The Death of the Giant Brain in the Sky, an article written by Jesse Berst
March 4, 2010
A Single System & the Enterprise War - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A single integrated emergent power service system is optimally structured into the enterprize and the grid subsystems, that are highly
February 7, 2010
Huge Value Destruction as Disruptive Technologies Impact the Smart Power Service - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Realizing Smart Grid Value Without Deploying Smart Meters is a highly relevant piece of news on the Smart Grid Observer
January 31, 2010
Is the US Behind Germany in the Coming Energy Revolution - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  Taking in consideration the article Decentralizing Electricity: The Coming Energy Revolution, by Stefan Schultz in SPIEGEL ONLINE, I ask the
January 27, 2010
Huge States’ Costs as Utilities are Unable to Cross the Home Energy Management Chasm - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There is a consensus that only high tech firms are able to cross the Home Energy Management chasm. While utilities
January 24, 2010
Re: Is Google the New Enron? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
EnronOnline's goodwill and Enron's goodwill were not only inseparable, but mutually reinforcing to each other. That is the synthesis of
January 19, 2010
Is Google the New Enron? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Even though a debate has already reaffirmed without doubt that “The answer should be a strong NO!,”  there is additional
January 17, 2010
Making Socio-Technical Architecture and “The Smart Grid Game” Mutually Reinforce Each Other - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
 Under the article Smart Grid: The Game, posted by Elisa Wood, I added the following comment:   I think that
January 16, 2010
Can We Let Google and Wal*Mart be Global Energy Retailers? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under the article “Google Energy” Subsidiary: What’s Google Up To?, by Katie Fehrenbacher, I posted the following comment, which is
January 7, 2010
A Better Decade Require the End of the Prevailing Style of Management - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As suggested by W. Edwards Deming, the main barrier to basic innovations, like the EWPC-AF, and an increased standard of
January 2, 2010
Ray Bell Predicts The Birth of Retail Energy in 2010 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under the article Top 10 Trends for the Smart Grid in 2010, Courtesy of Ray Bell, posted by Ray Bell on
December 26, 2009
The Electric Power Industry is Missing a Vibrant Retail Market - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under the blog post On the Evolution of Technology, by Jason Pontin, the Editor in Chief and Publisher of Technology
December 22, 2009
States that Implement a Heterogeneous Grid are Poised to be the Winners - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
States legislatures need to empower state regulators to do the innovative job to satisfy the need for their constituencies that
December 13, 2009
As the Debate Ended, the U.S. Government Should Consider Enabling an EWPC-AF Based Energy Policy Act - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
To get the details of the debate between Mr. James Carson and myself, under the EWPC article The Electricity Without
December 10, 2009
I think the Debate on the IOUs and EWPC Architecture Frameworks is Over - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
It took 13 posts and one week to debate the EWPC article The Electricity Without Price Controls Architecture Framework (please
December 8, 2009
Smart Grid 2.0 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Jesse Berst has written the interesting comentary Web 2.0? Try Smart Grid 2.0 in SmartGridNews.com, which I responded with two
December 6, 2009
The Electricity Without Price Controls Architecture Framework - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  A new approach to power energy policy design, based on system’s architecting heuristics, has led to an emerging simplified
November 30, 2009
Foundation Capital Need to Get Out of the Box - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under the Earth2Tech article Smart Grid in a Box Courtesy of Foundation Capital, by Katie Fehrenbacher, I posted the following comment:
September 7, 2009
Electricity Without Price Controls Hit Parade - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Top Views The Sixth Disruptive Technology 3346 Nanosolar Breakthrough and the Old Paradigm 3326 Response to Professor Banks 3299 Can
August 10, 2009
Strong Evidence of Why Utilities as We Know Them Will Fail - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Conclusive evidence of the end of the useful life of the Investor Owned Utilities Architecture Framework (IUOs-AF) has been given
July 26, 2009
Strong & Smart Grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Smart Grid or Strong Grid? Comment on Ken Maize is a timely post by by Robert Michaels, on July 8, 2009,
July 21, 2009
How Secretary Chu can Deliver a Win-Win, Big Deal Outcome at the Global Sustainability Game - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  For the United States of America to get back to the global sustainability game, and to be able to
July 12, 2009
The Deadly Sin of State Regulators on the Smart Grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
President Obama and Secretary Chu need to learn urgently about the deadly sin of the smart grid that state regulators
July 5, 2009
COMPETE Coalition to Stop a Huge Greek Tragedy in the Making - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Entrenched IOUs reaction to change set up at the outset of restructuring a fatal architecture flaw that will lead to
June 28, 2009
The Renaissance of the Power Industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis is a very timely report in the July/August issue of
June 23, 2009
Was Sam Insull the System Architect of the IOUs-AF and the First Victim of the Great Depression? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As I am researching on complex systems and trying to come up with examples of their architects, I started to
June 16, 2009
Systems Dynamics Significance of the EWPC Basic Innovation - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  A key to the EWPC Architecture Framework (EWPC-AF) basic innovation significance is behavioral economics, which is based on Systems
June 14, 2009
The Obsolete Generation Economies of Scale Argument - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The Pitfalls of and Opportunities in Electric Power Deregulation is an article written by Harry Valentine, Commentator/Energy Researcher, which opens
June 8, 2009
Innovation Needs to Belong to the Small - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Will the US Stimulus Bill Prove the Savior for Nanotech? is an IEEE Spectrum's Tech Talk commentary, under which I
May 26, 2009
The Exclusive IOUs Not So Smart Grid Versus the Inclusive EWPC Truly Smart Grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Obama Administration Unveils New Set of Smart-Grid Standards is a Wall Street Journal article by Henry Pulizzi, published on May
May 19, 2009
Comment to IEEE Spectrum: Can the Stimulus Bill both Stimulate and Transform? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Posted as The Necessary Revolution on Can Technology Save the Economy? in M.I.T.'s Technology Review (needs subscription, but it is free)
May 9, 2009
Competitive Markets for COMPETE Coalition Potential Losers - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Potential COMPETE Coalition losers need to be aware of the need for a revolutionary regulatory change to enable highly competitive
May 6, 2009
Can EPRI Professionals Get Out of the IOUs Box to Join the EWPC Necessary Revolution? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
I am inviting careful and serious inquiry to try to find out how to help Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
May 3, 2009
Why President Obama Needs to Keep Working on Energy - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
'Pleased, but not satisfied' Energy crops up at Obama’s 100-day press conference is the commentary posted on 29 Apr 2009
April 30, 2009
The Trully Smart Grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  It is now very easy to answer Mark Sardella, PE, Writer, Local Energy News, question Smart Grids: How Smart? Look
April 28, 2009
Smart Grid: Can the U.S Waste Billions in Taxpayer Dollars? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The question "Can the U.S Waste Billions in Taxpayer Dollars?" should be in the mind of every participant in the
April 26, 2009
On Cyber Spies Threats: Keep Public Wires Regulation and go for Energy Markets - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under Alex Yu Zheng’s, Smart Grid News.com, Blogging the Grid article Foreign Cyber-Spies Inject Spyware into U.S. Grid with Potential
April 26, 2009
DOE's WISE NOI for an FOA - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Following the lead given by James Carson, I posted a comment under the SmartGrid.com featured article Smart Grid Stimulus Bill:
April 24, 2009
U.S. CONGRESS, the COMPETE Coalition and Comprehensive Energy Legislation - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is in response to Mr. BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States, Earth Day call for comprehensive Energy Legislation,
April 22, 2009
A Question to the State Secretary at the Santo Domingo Digital Town Hall - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Dear Secretary Clinton, Thank you for the opportunity to ask a question about the need for fundamental energy reform in
April 20, 2009
No new source, no new generation, but just use more efficiently what we currently have - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
“Even as we deal with this crisis, we’ve got to think about the future. That is why we think it’s
April 20, 2009
Investor Owned Transporters Can’t be Providers of Last Resort - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Under the highly recommended EnergyPulse article Smart Grids: How Smart?, I responded to Edward A. Reid, Jr. that as the
April 16, 2009
Smart Grid Requires Spot Pricing of Ultraquality Electricity - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A wide audience should read the EnergyPulse article Smart Grids: How Smart?, by Mark Sardella, PE, Executive Director, Local Energy.
April 14, 2009
Does DSI Achieve a Much Larger Potential than DSM? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Please look at the comment with questions to the EnergyPulse article Achievable Potential from Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Programs
April 13, 2009
Zero-Energy Homes Should Not Be Mandated - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This comment is posted under the article New Calif. homes would have to be energy producers, by Steve Lawrence in
April 12, 2009
Closing Coal-Fired Plants Quickly - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a comment I posted under the post Closing coal-fired plants quickly a fairy tale, by Jos Lesscher, in
April 12, 2009
Is What I am Doing to Reduce GHG Emissions Enough? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a comment posted as a link under the energyblogs.com post "Please pass Al Gore a Valium -- and
April 9, 2009
Balanced Market Regulation Reform for the New Order - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is another comment posted under the EnergyPulse article Characterizing and Quantifying the Societal Benefits Attributable to Smart Metering Investments
April 8, 2009
Forget Demand Side management (DSM); Think Demand Side Innovation (DSI) - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
To make the emergent power industry smarter, there is a need to restructure the power industry to enable Second Generation
April 7, 2009
EWPC based EPAct is Smart Grid Prerequisite - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a comment posted under the EnergyPulse article Intelligent Electrical System - a Prerequisite to Smart Grid (please hit
March 30, 2009
Is Roger Levy Suggesting Reform? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a comment posted under the EnergyPulse article Characterizing and Quantifying the Societal Benefits Attributable to Smart Metering Investments,
March 25, 2009
Questions to EnergyBiz Leadership Forum Participants - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
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March 8, 2009
Synthesis for Mr. Obama: Reform, Reform, Reform - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Copyright © 2009 José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced or transmitted in
March 3, 2009
Permanent or One Time Green Jobs? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a synthesis of the leadership advice President Obama and President Fernández need to get our countries out of
March 2, 2009
Reform on Obama Address: Health Care 9; Education 1; Energy 0. - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This post responds to the M.I.T. Technology Review Blog post What the Fed Can Learn from California's Energy Policy, By
February 25, 2009
Shared Vision: Consumer Driven Electricity System Reform - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Similar to the needed heath system reform, the Obama and the Fernández administrations can benefit all electric system stakeholders with
February 25, 2009
EWPC as a Timely Basic Innovation - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As time goes by, an increasing number of people will agree that the EWPC creation is in fact a fundamental
February 22, 2009
Handling Smart Grid & Intelligent Utility High Complexity - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  Two recent articles deal on how to tackle the high complexity of Smart Grid & Intelligent Utility visionary iniatives.
February 21, 2009
How to Increase the Leverage of Stimulus Bill to Global Green Energy - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By balancing the influence of supply side and demand side, it is possible to develop retail markets and wholesale markets
February 18, 2009
Propelling the Power Industry to a Superior Solution Path - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
To raise the competitive balance of the power industry to a superior solution path, “public utility commissions … have to
February 15, 2009
To Dr. Chu: Align Stimulus to Clean Energy Reform - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A system architect should lead a high leverage clean energy reform transformation of the power industry for DOE to distribute
February 8, 2009
Just as Pogo, IOUs Found the Enemy - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Just as everybody else, power industry investors win by changing their IOUs paradigm mental model. Well in agreement with the
January 26, 2009
Think Deming to Enable Much More than Just Freedom - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Deming’s economics replaces the prevailing system of management with a system of profound knowledge to push economies onto a higher
January 18, 2009
Forget Keynes, Deming, Marks, all of them: Think Freedom! - Warren Causey
"Forget Keynes, Think Deming" is a good, well-reasoned piece, Jose. However, I believe we still are writing about two different things. Actually
January 16, 2009
Forget Keynes, Think Deming - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
President Obama can assume that IOUs Perverse Communism is false and disallow the presure from lobbies to keep IOUs price
January 15, 2009
Don't look now, but Atlas is shrugging - Warren Causey
There currently is a great piece on the Wall Street Journal on-line edition entitled: ‘Atlas Shrugged’: from fiction to fact
January 15, 2009
IOUs Perverse Communism - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
For free society to face "perhaps the most serious series of crises in the republic’s existence, and for our" power
January 14, 2009
Dr. Chu backed away slightly - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
"The answer is efficiency, using less so that even if the price rises, the bill does not,” said Dr. Chu.
January 13, 2009
The End of the Vicious Pervasive Fossil Fuels is Near - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Synchronicity of the emerging whole of the digital era virtuous pervasiveness, that will spread the clean energy revolution, is in
January 7, 2009
I will Tell You Who is Going to Get the Power - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a comment posted under the article You Tell Us, by Willie D. Jones, that was first published in
January 5, 2009
Will Anyone Pay for the SmartGrid? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is an invitation to readers to comment about the application of two social economists’ insights about the IOUs and
January 1, 2009
To Cut Carbon ASAP the IOU Paradigm Must End - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Dr. Steven Chu needs to be well aware that the Investor Owned Utility paradigm is in the way to carbon
December 31, 2008
The Emerging SmartGrid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a suggestion for the SmartGrid Readiness blog to restrict its attention to the emergent SmartGrid transportation (T&D) only
December 29, 2008
Renewable Power and Smart Grid as Parts of a Whole - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
It is argued that the smart grid is not the lifeline of renewable power. Instead, what´s holding both is the
December 22, 2008
Steven Chu: Four Years of Low Hanging Fruits - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Dr. Steven Chu can get plenty of results in the next four years, by placing into operation the financial mechanism
December 14, 2008
Will Dr. Chu Turn Around the Power Industry? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As President Obama's picked Nobel Prize Steven Chu as the Energy Secretary, that knows what he is talking about the
December 12, 2008
The Answer to Jamie’s Tectonic Plates - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Utilities price control business model is that something that is going to have to give, to avoid the consumer revolt
November 20, 2008
Power Customers Begging Superior Solution Path - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Restructuring has been done without an effective purpose: which is maximum social welfare. The Christmas tree purpose, as a result
October 21, 2008
U.S. Presidential Elections and the Need for a Global Energy Deal - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The new president of the United States needs an Energy Secretary of high caliber that knows what he is talking
October 8, 2008
The Next Energy Secretary - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The insights to enable the next energy secretary succeed are laid in black and white. The Next Energy Secretary By
October 3, 2008
Is the Anti-Coal Drumbeat Worthy? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By following the insights of Cardiff University sociologist, Harry Collins, readers will be able to decide whether or not the
September 26, 2008
Index of 58 Comments Posted on M.I.T.'s Technology Review - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The following index of comments posted on Technology Review (TR), during the past 10 month, is organized on titles' comment,
September 25, 2008
Electricity for the Digital Era, Part 2 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
It is very clear that we need electricity for the digital era, where retail competition is about business model innovations
September 22, 2008
EWPC Blog's First Year Anniversary: Electricity for the Digital Era - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
About the same time energy costs stop declining, year alter year, more than 40 years ago, information costs have been
September 8, 2008
How to Make Obama's Green Dream a Reality - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The answer to the transition to "the actual challenge of overhauling the entire U.S. power sector, which is still overwhelmingly
August 31, 2008
Forget Decoupling Under Price Controls - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Having won Bill Clinton plenty of accolades, the artificial decoupling of electricity sales and utility profits works. However, such regulated
August 31, 2008
Are Vertically Integrated Utilities and/or Regulators Worried? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The EWPC article Let’s Avoid Many Expensive Fiascos seems to have worried vertically integrated utilies and/or regulators as it became
August 29, 2008
Let’s Avoid Many Expensive Fiascos - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There is no need to cite any evidence “to enable a highly competitive, pro-consumer, complete and fully functional market architecture
August 26, 2008
Is Gore's Revolutionary Leadership Challenge Feasible? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Al Gore leadership challenge is based on leading expert advice. EWPC is the first holistic step ready to be implemented
July 21, 2008
Campaign for Fair Electricity Rates - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  The EWPC EPAct is a sensible contribution to provide fair electricity prices to customers. Things have gone horribly wrong
July 6, 2008
EWPC EPAct will Provide Fair Electricity Prices - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In accordance with the “Campaign for Fair Electric Rates, Coalition of Business, Consumer and Utility Groups Launch Major Initiative to
June 17, 2008
Can the Power Industry Eliminate its Price Controls to the End Customer? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The dead-end of regulator’s capacity for price controls shows up once again, while modeling the Smart Grid business case. Under
May 13, 2008
An Overdue Debate: Customers’ Price Controls - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The regulation vs. deregulation discussion was about the wrong question. An undiscussed issue during the debate, price control is the
May 5, 2008
To Congressional Requesters of Utility Oversight - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Being unnecessarily flawed, and complex, today's EPAct causes its own crisis. Under those circumstances, FERC utility oversight will not be
May 2, 2008
EWPC Can’t Be a Market Winner - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
2GRs want to compete to develop market business model innovations for global retail market segments. On a given market segment,
April 29, 2008
Dialogue, Reliability/Ultraquality & What to do First? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
To answer ‘What to do First?,’ a generative dialogue insight is that in the EWPC EPAct to be enacted, all
April 27, 2008
Breakthrough Suggestions for Today's Utilities Environments - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Business model competition for retail services is the key to a breakthrough in utilities services. Economies of scale and scope
April 23, 2008
Leadership Answers What to do First - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The answer to the question of what to do first is for the global power industry to get out of
April 16, 2008
Giving Thanks to Ken Silverstein - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Thanks to Ken Silverstein, EnergyBiz Insider Editor-in Chief, California like problems disappear, as transmission tightly integrated with physical distribution becomes
April 14, 2008
The Electricity Revolution - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Warren Causey is reporting a technological revolution in the power industry, which is ahead of legislative and regulatory uncertainty and
April 10, 2008
Utilities and Regulators’ Value Destruction - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Excessive marketing costs are identified by Marty Agius, under today’s regulations, which make utilities and regulators unable to add customer
April 9, 2008
I Have a Dream Too - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. EWPC is about the liberalization of electricity markets, so customers have freedom of
April 4, 2008
EWPC’s Tipping Point - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Aiming to be an irresistible article, it should help start a word-of-mouth epidemic of high proportions in the power industry.
March 30, 2008
IMEUC False Facts - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Based on the article “The Power of False Facts,” readers need to be very aware of that power while reading
March 28, 2008
EWPC Leadership (w/o links) - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is a synthesis (without any links) of the EWPC breakthrough, which brings absolute clarity and direction to enable a
March 26, 2008
Most Commented and Most Viewed - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  This is a take of a snapshot of today's EnergyBlogs stat. Most Commented (7 EWPC articles) Response to Professor
March 21, 2008
Missing From Gridwise - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Missing from the GridWise approach is the need to restructure as soon as possible the power industry to eliminate the
March 21, 2008
Customer Reliability and System Reliability - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Demand Integration is based on the fact that reliability has two sides: “On one side, system crashes are mitigated by
March 17, 2008
Well Beyond Low Reserves Managing - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
NONE of today’s utilities should be allowed to take as inevitable a bare bones approach to increase efficiency, introducing a
March 17, 2008
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly II - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This follows up the comments on the EWPC article The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I certainly agree with
March 17, 2008
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The California commissioners need to shift their mindsets “to show that retail competition is not only possible, but absolutely necessary
March 13, 2008
High Leverage Shake-Up in California - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
California has a great opportunity to repair the damages of the BIG California LIE to the world. The CPUC can
March 11, 2008
Another EWPC Discovery II - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
EWPC is a high leverage intervention of the power industry as can be seen in the article Another EWPC Discovery.
March 10, 2008
Another EWPC Discovery - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is the summary of the important discovery: instead of “retail competition for electric generation” as the Working Paper reads
March 8, 2008
Power Markets Essential Requirements - II - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  Mission accomplished!!! This are comments received and responded under the article Power Markets Essential Requirements. Readers will find that the
March 7, 2008
Power Markets Essential Requirements - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Should we keep wasting time and money fixing unfeasible markets propositions? To perform the actual implementation of the EWPC paradigm
March 5, 2008
Utilities vs. Neelie Kroes - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Following the recent 280.5 million Euro fine ordered by Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition, to the Microsoft Corporation for
March 4, 2008
Enabling AMI’s Growth - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A realistic growth of AMI requires that system’s imprisoned utilities and regulators let go, by changing our most basic ways
March 1, 2008
The World Shouldn’t be Running Out of Electricity - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
According to Alan Caruba, America is running out of electricity, but in fact the whole world is running out of
February 28, 2008
Global Citizens' Call to Arms - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In the article "It may be lights out," Warren Causey suggests agreement with Marty Rosenberg’s article Energy and Presidential Debates
February 24, 2008
Shrinking the Regulator’s Jobs - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There is a need for a shared vision to restructure the power industry, shrinking regulators jobs to price controls of
February 20, 2008
Second 45 EWPC Blog Articles - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  This collection of the links, date/time stamp, and introductory words of the second 45 EWPC Blog articles (46-90) is available
February 16, 2008
First 45 EWPC Blog Articles - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This collection of the links, date/time stamp, and introductory words of the first 45 EWPC Blog articles is available as an
February 16, 2008
Uncertain Generation is Here to Stay - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The discussion with Edward Bair in the EWPC article Two More Lessons from Denmark’s Wind Story ended with the statement
February 11, 2008
The Smart Grid Transportation Utility - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Dramatic and radical change is coming to the electric utility industry as the utility itself evolves to the smart transportation
February 4, 2008
Two More Lessons from Denmark’s Wind Story - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The Denmark Challenge - Lessons From an Emerging Wind Power - The people of Denmark have a story to tell
February 3, 2008
Value Creation for the Customers - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
To end value destruction at the interface between the utility grid and the utility enterprise and at the interface between
January 30, 2008
Innovation and Risk Taking in the Power Industry - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Open Transmission Access was a great mistake made at the outset of restructuring to preserve utilities rights. To introduce innovation,
January 25, 2008
The End of Electric Monopoly Retail - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, Ph.D. Systemic Consultant: Electricity Copyright © 2008 José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio. All rights reserved. No part of
January 24, 2008
PCT One of Many Business Model Innovations - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
California panel removes proposed mandate for utility-controlled thermostats - Bowing to public pressure, the California Energy Commission has removed its
January 20, 2008
Creative Destruction of the Old Electric Paradigm - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The economic theory of creative destruction is the key force to the destruction of the vertically integrated industry and the
January 13, 2008
Vertical Integration/Deregulation Debate vs. EWPC Generative Dialogue - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Thanks Bob, I know that I will not be able to convince anyone that has its own agenda. That is
January 12, 2008
Global Electric Service Shared Vision - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By extending the suggestion of Martin Rosenberg, Editor-in-Chief, EnergyBiz Magazine, a global electric service shared vision is needed. Such shared
January 9, 2008
A Global Standard Market Architecture and Design - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
One of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India or China) is poised to be the enabler of a global Standard
January 6, 2008
Power System Operation Stocks and Flows - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
An important discovery about the non-trivial aspects of power system planning, operation and control is in the making, under a
January 4, 2008
Nanosolar Breakthrough and the Old Paradigm - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Nanosolar has made great progress as it has faced and apparently surpassed many barriers so far. However, they are still
December 19, 2007
Making Electricity a Commodity - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
To make electricity a commodity, a proper market architecture and design has emerged in the last two years, as the
December 17, 2007
Market Research Doesn’t Work Yet for Demand Integration - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Demand integration is a discontinuous innovation and the reason why the responses of customers are way off with respect to
December 15, 2007
To BE or NOT to BE Smart Metering - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The lack of a consistent market architecture and design paradigm shift creates a Babel Tower in Ontario. There is a
December 13, 2007
Demand Integration is NOT the Province of Politics. - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Demand integration and system reliability are not the provinces of politics, but of engineering systems and competition. FERC’s demand response
December 6, 2007
Ohio Should Focus on EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
First Energy Corp. entered into a contradiction by handing a letter signed by prominent economists to show they believe in
November 29, 2007
Does EWPC have a “Bystander Problem”? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Believe it or not, EWPC is about teaching leadership. As “human beings are a lot more sensitive to their environment
November 22, 2007
EEI-ting Your Own Lunch - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Edison Electric Institute members have empowered the government to take control of the power industry. They should stop dreaming, work
November 22, 2007
Increased Sense of Urgency of EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
EWPC sense of urgency is reinforced. As the market architecture and design breakthrough paradigm, EWPC will enable the possibility to
November 20, 2007
EEI California Dreamin’ - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The U.S. power industry is dreaming that it is safe, when in fact the leaves are brown and the sky
November 19, 2007
EWPC is NOT the Ontario Model Either - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Just as EWPC is not the UK Model, it is not the Ontario market model either. However, probably with a
November 18, 2007
To EEI: “Let's Ban Regulation,” Starting in Ohio - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Should we ban regulation? YES! Go for a paradigm shift to “moving energy” with the EWPC winning market architecture and
November 17, 2007
We Need Demand Elasticity - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Say fuel oil increase from $90 to $100 per Barril. 11% increase. What could one expect. The problem with deregulation
November 16, 2007
EWPC is NOT the UK Model - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In EWPC there are 8 possible End-State (UK was developed on 4), only one of which is the generic market
November 15, 2007
A New Response to Adrian Lloyd - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Adrian Lloyd’s is happy to listen. His opinions, which he may change, as he is a well versed and important
November 15, 2007
Financing and Developing Uncertain Generation - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Another partial response to respond to Adrian Lloyd in this upgrade to Nov. 15, 2007, most viewed article. EWPC is
November 15, 2007
Integrating Uncertain Generation to the Grid - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As a partial response to Adrain Lloyd, the article Wind Integration: An Emerging Paradigm, can be paraphrased almost entirely by
November 15, 2007
Storage is Ready to Cross the Chasm - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As experienced in the Dominican Republic, the disruptive technology of distributed storage has been ready for prime time for quite
November 14, 2007
K2007 Retailers’ Enterprise Solutions - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
An affordable model for retailers’ enterprise solutions business model innovations, based on Free Open Source Solutions, is reported by Bill
November 13, 2007
Let the Innovations Locate the Smarts - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
An effective smart metering system should develop under competition of business models for several market segments of the power industry.
November 13, 2007
Disintegrating the Grid and Retail Worlds - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Instead of trying to integrate the grid and the retail sides of the utilities, CIOs should take the results of
November 12, 2007
The EWPC Textbook - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A textbook on electricity without price controls (EWPC) has been in the making for quite some time. The textbook will
November 12, 2007
Friendly Comments on Deregulation Update - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is an update of Some Friendly Comments on True Electric Deregulation Part 4, posted on Tuesday, December 27, 2005,
November 10, 2007
“Let the Market Decide” in Ohio - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By endorsing the EWPC market architecture and design breakthrough paradigm shift, the EEI will tell Ohio’s policymakers that energy efficiency
November 9, 2007
The BOTH/AND Assumption of EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
By using both the smart grid and distributed resources, EWPC will produce reliable electricity at affordable costs, just like Toyota
November 9, 2007
The Lecture on EWPC Re-Regulation - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The new lecture on the power industry is about EWPC re-regulation. With the same old lecture, Professor Banks is correct
November 8, 2007
Let EWPC Come to Fruition - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As ‘the heat of combat is over, and a decision’ about EWPC can now be reached, ‘all the bitterness disappears,
November 7, 2007
EWPC As The New Internet - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
EWPC is sufficiently flexible to enable a transformation ot the electric power industry into the new internet. EWPC As The
November 6, 2007
The "Continuity" Scenario is Gone - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The future of the power industry is now restricted to the "Tough Times" and "Rising Expectations" scenarios of Deloitte Research,
November 5, 2007
Positive Returns under EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Positive returns in the power industry that existed under vertical integration are now gone. New positive returns will come from
November 3, 2007
A New Mistaken Experiment - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As there are Only Two Stable Paradigms, the electricity-regulation bill approved by Ohio’s Senate is just a new mistaken experiment
November 2, 2007
Can We Concentrate on Results? - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Can we concentrate on results? I would say YES, as the knowledge required to decide that the decade old debate
November 2, 2007
Customer Wallet Cleaning Problem and Solution - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The vertically integrated utilities paradigm has been in a NO PROFIT ZONE for quite some time, letting utilities make a
November 1, 2007
Switching Retailers is NOT as Important - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Dear Fred (Banks), Len, Mike, Fred (Plett), Jim, Steve, and Peter I am glad that the dialogue is getting more
October 31, 2007
Uno Lamm is a Leader Role Model - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Dear Prof. Banks and readers, This is the quote about Uno Lamm in the article Handling Sweden’s Electric Reform Threats:
October 29, 2007
Response to Professor Banks - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Dear Professor Banks and Mr. Gould, As promised, I just published the following articles in energyblogs.com in response to the
October 28, 2007
A Little Silicon is Necessary but NOT Sufficient - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There is more to markets than meter electronics. It is important to understand the need for retailers as the bridge
October 28, 2007
A Futures Market under EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The elements of a futures market under R1E2 EWPC to lead to an stable and competitive electric markets environment are
October 28, 2007
Handling Sweden’s Electric Reform Threats - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Strong leadership is needed to complete the reform process in the Nordid countries to benefit end customers, by introducing a
October 28, 2007
The Natural Monopoly Transportation System - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
EWPC provides a new configuration in which the natural monopoly is reduced to the transportation system of the electric market,
October 28, 2007
The Old Response to Jack Casazza - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
An EWPC Post It seems to me that the above comments help understand what has happen to the electricity business.
October 27, 2007
An Old Letter from Jack Casazza - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
An EWPC post On 12/29/05, Jack Casazza wrote: Dear Jose Antonio, I have been reading the discussions between you, Prof.
October 27, 2007
The Magic Deregulation Formula - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
An EWPC post Dear Professor Banks, Thank you very much for your challenge (which I found by browsing your article):
October 24, 2007
Disruptive Technologies Convergence - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Now that EWPC has emerged, it is to too little, too late, to try to extend the VIUs paradigm beyond
October 20, 2007
No Need for Regulated Price Caps - II - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Customers’ price caps are the key to the infrequent rational rationing of service. During a transition to EWPC that ends
October 20, 2007
No Need for Regulated Price Caps - I - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Missing in the discussion under the article "Meeting Our Need for Electric Power," up to the 19th of October, 2007,
October 20, 2007
Full Retail Choice Emerges - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As customer value migrates a paradigm shift of full retail choice emerges under EWPC from R&D discoveries that allows retail
October 19, 2007
Electricity Market Comparisons - Len Gould
  [External Link] Here's an excellent overview of all presently de-regulated electricity markets in the world, prepared for CASIO by Charles
October 16, 2007
The Sense of Urgency for EWPC Restructuring - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There is a strong sence of urgency for the implementation of EWPC. Professor Alberto Ramírez Orquín writes "Soaring prices together
October 15, 2007
Give Engineers What Belongs to Engineers - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Engineers no longer have any possibility to take back the whole industry for themselves. EWPC is a market architecture and
October 13, 2007
Rethinking Electricity Restructuring as EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Strong EWPC market architecture and design recommendations to restructure worldwide electricity markets, superseed those proposed in 2004 by Peter Van
October 12, 2007
How TXU Can Take the Lead - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The Texan’s Market is one of the most likely candidates to start the paradigm shift to EWPC, ending demand forever
October 11, 2007
Only Two Stable Paradigms - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There are two stable paradigms: vertically integrated utilities (VIUs) and electricity without price controls (EWPC). Both have a Reliability First,
October 11, 2007
Financing and Developing Wind Projects - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
EWPC is the answer to the difficult question on how to finance and develop wind projects for all stakeholders to
October 5, 2007
Strategy is NOT Enough to Reach the End-State - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As he is not his opinion, Dr. Stephen Lee can easily separate the objective, or strategic side of leadership, from
October 3, 2007
Slicing the Last of the Regulated Monopolies - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The sense of urgency has arrived to introduce competition in the power industry, with a paradigm shift to EWPC. The
October 1, 2007
Demand Integration Under EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Fred C. Schweppe said that “The demand forecast is always wrong!” To mitigate forecasts errors and introduce stability in the
September 30, 2007
The Sixth Disruptive Technology - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A set of 6 disruptive technologies can be identified “To do a better job of managing our dwindling energy resources…”
September 30, 2007
Synthesis Proposal Agreement of EWPC - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
There are "8 possible End-State, only one of which is the generic market model paradigm: retail competition with active demand
September 28, 2007
Conspiracy Theory Against Mr. X - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A conspiracy theory against Mr. X being a Nobel Prize candidate is written to provide an ordered framework to understand
September 27, 2007
2nd Disruptive Technology Crossed Chasm - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Distributed generation joins demand response as disruptive technologies keeps penetrating the power industry. It is shown the need to change
September 26, 2007
Engineers Needed for Lower Prices - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The paradigm shift from the vertically integrated utilities to the electricity without price control paradigm will lead to lower costs,
September 25, 2007
Take EWPC Lead & Reap Large Benefits - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
The US Congress, the European Commission, the state of Ohio, and the Dominican Republic, are some the most likely candidates
September 25, 2007
Utility Trends and Real Paradigm Shift - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A paradigm shift to EWPC is urgently needed to change the status quo and start integrating distributed resources and good
September 24, 2007
Free Market and Central Planning, Under R1E2 - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
This is my synthesis of the EWPC paradigm shift that maximizes social welfare. Although it is a non-trivial subject, it
September 24, 2007
IMEUC: Unreliable Service and Price Spikes - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In response to the suggestion by Mr. Jeff Presley about simulations, it is shown that there is not a need
September 23, 2007
Opening discussion. - Len Gould
This blog is intended to collect input to the design of a web-based simulator which would be targeted to identifying
September 22, 2007
So Far Just ONE Objection to EWPC as Winner - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As tomorrow's deadline approaches, only Mr. Len Gould has provided a dissent to EWPC as the winning market for the
September 22, 2007
Wind Integration: An Emerging Paradigm - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  Republished from Aug. 20th, 2007. There is a need for a change in mental models to integrate wind to
September 21, 2007
Extra, Extra… Goliath is Defeated Once Again! - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Reprinted from Sept. 17th, 2007 for completeness. David has won! The Electricity Without Price Controls (EWPC) Breakthrough paradigm has finally
September 21, 2007
EWPC - Winner 1st Competition Phase - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
After nearly two years of downloads, debates, reflexive dialogues and generative dialogues, EWPC declared itself as the winner of the
September 20, 2007
Solving Smart Grid Cost Recovery - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
To solve the Smart Grid cost recovery dilemma requires a restructuring of the electric industry in such a way that
September 20, 2007
A Warning to the US Congress and the European Commission - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
US Congress and the European Commission need to digest EWPC very fast. The political distortions in the power industry at
September 20, 2007
The Anti-System Utility - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
Vertically integrated utilities don't operate as a system because of a monopoly mindset of incumbents investor owned utilities and political
September 19, 2007
Divine Dispensation of Electric Markets is Gone - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
As a result of David killing Goliath, US Congress has the great opportunity to introduce EWPC to the USA. In
September 19, 2007
The BIG California LIE - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
  The BIG LIE is that retail competition is impossible in electric markets. The implementation of a competitive retail market
September 18, 2007
IMEUC - Independent Market for Every Utility Customer - Len Gould
  The premise of IMEUC is that "without the existence of a free and open competitive market, no de-regulation of
September 18, 2007
Great Opportunities Under New Energy Bills - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
In the copyright protected link Extra, Extra… Goliath is Defeated Once Again!, you may find out how vertically integrated utilities
September 17, 2007
Breakthough - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
EWPC is a breakthrough that is poised to transform the electricity industry. As the state of Ohio is in the
September 16, 2007
David and Goliath - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
David is EWPC re-regulation and Goliath is the Vertically Integrated Utilities. Both markets architectures and designs are non-trivial paradigms of
September 15, 2007
EWPC Superiority in Carbon Emission Reductions - Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio
A comparison between the power industry vertical integration and electricity without price controls (EWPC) non-trivial paradigms, will show that EWPC
September 13, 2007