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This Week in History: Natural Gas lights Philadelphia

February 8, 1836 – Natural Gas lights Philadelphia Forty-six natural gas lights along Philadelphia’s Second Street are lit for the first time by employees of the newly formed Gas Works — the first municipally owned natural gas distribution company. Today there are more than 900 public natural gas systems; the Philadelphia Gas Works is theContinue Reading

Strategic Issues Facing the Utility Industry

Strategic Issues Facing the Utility Industry Perspectives on 2008 and looking forward [read the full article] Source: CRA International

Gaps in the Energy Workforce Pipeline

2007 Workforce Survey Report from the Center for Energy Workforce Development Executive Summary Within the next five years, the Baby Boom generation will start to become eligible for retirement, sending ripples across the U.S. economy. The aging U.S. workforce presents a significant challenge to the energy industry, which faces the prospect of losing roughly halfContinue Reading