December 25, 2014 - Northern Gas Pipelines

12-25-14 Merry Christmas!

On Christmas, we remember how our friend, Bill Tobin (NGP Photo), used to include this Christmas Tree every year on the Anchorage Times editorial page. We are delighted to carry on the tradition and reprint Bill's Christmas Tree below as a tribute to our great Alaska predecessors and as a commitment to honor and propagate and emulate their pioneering spirits. MERRY CHRISTMAS! On This Eve Of Christmas, We Once Again Decorate A Little Tree To Say Thanks To All Of You Who have Blessed Us With Your Friendship Over More years Than We Care To [...]

12-24-14

Fortnightly. The Death of the Grid? As Mark Twain would say, the reports are exaggerated. By Charles E. Bayless. Some have predicted the demise of the grid, as the system gradually transforms into millions of standalone renewable units, such as rooftop solar and the like, backed up by batteries or small generators. But in order to obtain the quickest adoption of renewable energy, while retaining the cheapest overall cost, the exact opposite is true. For renewable energy to succeed on a large scale, the grid is indispensable. READ MORE