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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
16.
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-
17.
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
19.
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,”
22.
Unstrung, January 11, 2010.
Market Forecast
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