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  1. what do you think about putting the policy squeeze on inefficient appliances like TVs? http://tinyurl.com/yln9fev
  2. Senator Sherrod Brown: Climate Change is About Jobs http://bit.ly/4qUwPR
  3. NYT - consumers unhappy w/smart meters; but problem is more complex (new technology generates new expectations & outcomes) http://ow.ly/LUPw
  4. @AdvntConspiracy - great example of a faith community leveraging beliefs and seizing upon the holiday season to inspire reduced consumption
  5. my former colleague Chris King is headed to #cop15 to represent http://www.drsgcoalition.org/ to highlight DR and #SmartGrid in re: climate
  6. GE doesn't do everything right, but their "It's Your Smart Grid" site is worth exploring: http://www.itsyoursmartgrid.com/index.jsp
  7. Anthony Star/CNT Energy knows: "it's essential to think about dynamic pricing from the consumer's point of view" ... http://bit.ly/7v8ApG
  8. Anthony Star at CNT has inspired me for years: RT @greeneconpost Smart Grid: Getting Dynamic Pricing Right ... http://bit.ly/7v8ApG
  9. just back from reminding CCSF engineers to consider human (noise) impact of LEED air vent design on our 'hood; helping design a humane test
  10. I luv green gas station SQbiofuels.com
  11. I commented on Marc Gunther's blog about the BECC lunch Nudge (http://bit.ly/2P2yvL); IMHO, what a difference between experiment and action!
  12. Choi Granade asks everyone in room to work on that nagging EE solution we have personally put off doing and resolve to addresss it now :-)
  13. Also nice to hear an economist validate intangible values and suggest ways to capitalize
  14. Choi Granade makes the solutions inspired by findings sound so reasonable. Ex: aggregators in forward capacity mkts as the "EBay" of energy?
  15. Choi Granade an engaging and compelling speaker. Slides a good summary of 150-pg report. Get the slides at BECC2009 site after conference.
  16. Hannah Choi Granade, principal at McKinsey, presented "Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy" www.mckinsey.com/usenergyefficiency
  17. SOURCE for personal carbon trading info: Ms. Yael Parag, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford, UK
  18. Whether a tax or a PCA, both make carbon effects visible, which results in awareness and change.
  19. Idea that PCAs encourage people to be active citizens and not just passive responders to consumer price signals; also activate social norms.
  20. I'm @BECCconference policy experiment session: what about a Personal Carbon Allowance (PCA) in addition to taxes and other regulatory sol'ns