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Quarter 2010

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mental and regulatory pressures. Perhaps this is why

Americans who revile at the thought of state-controlled

enterprise in industries such as banking and insurance

are happy to put pressure on Washington to improve

our nation’s utility and telecom infrastructure. In clos-

ing, this quote from President John F. Kennedy reminds

us of the unique government and regulatory environ-

ment that utilities, telecom companies, and the design

and construction firms that serve them will be forced

to navigate: “Washington is a city of Southern efficien-

cy and Northern charm.”

Mark Bridgers and Dan Tracey are consultants with FMI

Corp., which provides management consulting, train-

ing, and investment banking services to the worldwide

construction industry. They can be reached at (919)

785-9351 or

mbridgers@fminet.com

. For more informa-

tion, visit

www.fminet.com.

END NOTES

“Wiser Wires,”The Economist, October 10, 2009,

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Page 71.

Chakrabarty, Gargi,“Beyond Boulder,” EnergyBiz,

2.

November/December 2009, Pages 28-29.

Rowland, Kate,“It’s all in the wires,” Intelligent

3.

Utility, Pages 46-47, February/January 2009.

Carey, John,“Rewiring the Utility Business,” Busi-

4.

nessWeek, October 12, 2009.

“Schwarzenegger to Veto Renewable Energy

5.

Bills,”The Associated Press. As appeared in the

NY Times, September 12, 2009.

Gramlich, Rob, Goggin, Michael, and Gensler,

6.

Katherine,“Green Power Superhighways - Build-

ing a Path to America’s Clean Energy Future”,

American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Feb-

ruary 2009, pg 1.

American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind

7.

Industry Report Year Ending 2008, American

Wind Energy Association.

Potential Gas Committee,“Potential Supply of

8.

Natural Gas in the United States,”December 31,

2008.

Potential Gas Committee, headquartered in

9.

Golden, Colo., consists of volunteer experts who

are associated with a wide variety of natural gas

industry, governmental, and academic institu-

tions but share a common, keen interest in the

Nation’s future natural gas supply. The commit-

tee currently has about 105 members. Most are

active participants in Area Work Committees

(AWC) corresponding to seven geographic areas

of the country. They are geologists and engi-

neers engaged in exploration for and develop-

ment of natural gas within the area. Every effort

is made to recruit the most knowledgeable

experts because they are responsible for prepar-

ing resource estimates for each of the geologic

provinces within their area. Natural gas recover-

able from coal seams is evaluated through joint

efforts of the AWCs and a Coalbed Methane

Work Committee. More information on the

group can be obtained at

http://geology.mines

.

edu/pgc/aboutpgc.html.

Mouawad, Jad and Krauss, Clifford,“Dark Side

10.

of a Natural Gas Boom,”The New York Times,

December 8, 2009.

Revkin, Andrew and Krauss, Clifford,“Curbing

11.

Emissions by Sealing Gas Leaks,”The New York

Times, October 15, 2009.

Kauffmann, Bruce G.,“Focusing on the Future,”

12.

American Gas, July 2009, pg. 18-23.

Burt, Britt,“New Natural Gas-Fired Projects on

13.

an Upswing,” Power Magazine, September 2009,

Pages 56-58.

Ives, Buddy,“Pipeline Activity May Slow But

14.

Won’t Be At Crawling,” Pipeline & Gas Journal,

March 2009.

Energy – American Petroleum Institute’s (API)

15.

Monthly Statistical Report - October, Vol. 33, No.

10, November 18, 2009, pg. 2 (

http://www.api

.

org/statistics/accessapi/index.cfm).

Trench, Cheryl and Miesner, Thomas,”The Role

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of Energy Pipelines and Research in the United

States,”The Steering Committee on Energy

Pipelines and Research, May 2006, http://

www.hunton.com/files/tbl_s47Details/FileU-

pload265/1697/Role_of_Energy_Pipelines_

and_Research_in_the_United_States.pdf.

“TransCanada, ConocoPhillips To Expand Key-

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stone To Gulf Coast,”TransCanada Corp., Down-

streamToday, July 16, 2008.

For more information, see www.abiresearch.

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com.

“Worldwide Mobile Service Revenues Continue

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to Grow,” Last Mile Online, June 24, 2009.

St. John, Jeff,“Defense Contractors Pursue the

20.

Smart Grid,”greentechgrid, September 9, 2009.

Bode, Karl,“First Phase of Verizon FiOS Build

21.

Coming to an End,

BroadbandDSLReports.com,

January 12, 2010.

Jones, Dan,“Clearwire Preps NY & SF Markets,”

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Unstrung, January 11, 2010.

Market Forecast

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