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I think you'll get your chance to buy under a dime...imo
gl
Sorry my power was out all afternoon. That dumb old grid ain't what it used to be,lol.
I think they could not sell them because they didn't have them yet. They hold an equal # of underlying shares. I believe these shares are warrants being exercised.
Ambient got the exercise (offering) price. They don't get any of the proceeds from the resale.
What I don't like is that they have divided ownership amongst family members which keeps their holdings at a lower percentage rather than one person who would be considered a beneficial owner with 43+million shares (x2!)...just an observation from the peanut gallery.
"I may be totally wrong but I'm a dancing fool."--Zappa
Well, I disagree that it is old news. If it is old news, how come management has not addressed it as such yet? Last word from ANVH (4/24) was that...
" the recent dividend reversal by DTC will be cleared up and resolved in due course. The Company has fully funded the dividend and will be working with DTC and the Transfer Agent over the next few days to correct this error."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Anviron-bw-15025154.html?.v=1
When do you think they will convey this latest "old news" that they have, in fact, CANCELLED THE DIVIDEND?
I bet this is the first time some shareholders have heard this and others are still in the dark on the DIVIDEND CANCELLATION. Why would you denegrate the discussion of TODAY"S OTCBB list?
I respect your opinion that this is not important but I heartily disagree with it.
gl
Not quite, noquit...the 04/23/2009 note was:
Refer to the Daily List of 11/17/2008: PD revised to TBA
http://www.otcbb.com/dailylist/txthistory/di04232009.txt
Today's note is something quite different:
Refer to the Daily List of 4/23/2009: Dividend Cancelled by Company
http://www.otcbb.com/dailylist/txthistory/di06022009.txt
To recap, the dividend was CANCELLED BY ANVIRON.
No soup for you.
I don't think it's about Vicis, it looks to be earlier private placement investors. To me the ramifications are that 43+mil shares were registered at a steep discount to current market. I won't speculate on the future ramifications because that would be reckless given my limited understanding of things,lol.
They just registered 43,633,331 shares of common stock for resale to investors.
750,000 @ $0.075
42,883,331 @ $0.035
gl
I think that if
the people that are charged with crimes are found guilty
then
the people that were sucked in by the scams
will have several people to rightfully blame. Lawyers will magically appear to help them persue those rights. Ihub's deep pockets won't be safe either,imo.
What are "things not found on VTPK property" ...
Did I get that right?
woohoo!
The pic is a year old.
What makes you say that?
To me that looks like an artist's rendering (computer generated graphic). I believe that is a photo of one of the promotional banners created to give the illusion of that which is not there.
I found the same photo among other graphics here:
http://www.skyscraperlife.com/colombia/3964-parques-de-diversiones-colombianos-2.html
gl
I think its a standard option on the Ihub Mini if I'm not mistaken. I wonder if the fellow with the cash was driving one of those? Dead giveaway,imo.
IHub Mini ------ $7K
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I have. It doesn't mention their failed dividend scheme at all. I am aware that the BOD has the right to declare a preferred divy, but it doesn't suggest anywhere that they have. It would be a disaster if they did,lol.
Now what ever gave you the idea that they declared a divy for the holders of preferred?
Funny you said that, Phil. Somewhere in this pile of papers on my desk is a jury summons from the US District Court- District of Delaware, Wilmington Division. I received it the day after the indictments were unsealed.(I opened it REAL quick after seeing the return addy,lol)
I wonder how many voir dire questions it would take to disqualify me?
Noquit, there is no dividend for the preferred:
The quarterly dividend on the Corporation’s common stock will be $0.001 per share/per quarter. The first dividend will be payable March 31, 2009 to shareholders of record on December 31, 2008.
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&cb=1243744687&article=29324966&symbol=NO%5EANVH
I wonder if MR Fischer recieved his divy? And was it too rescinded?
I agree, sandy. The moderation issue has obviously caused much strife here. It is the most questionable feature here. I would suggest that if the administrators of this site can't enforce their own rules (with the help of user generated TOS reports), they need to rethink the forum for the sake of quality content.
Scratch the Iboxes too, imo. They are an absolute joke. A paid promoter putting forth fraudulent information is a dangerous thing to the investing community.Admin needs to recognize this swamp for what it has become.
Ihub should take a more proactive role in eliminating this sludge rather than encouraging its production.
LOL! They're moving right along,huh?
Is the tractor pull the main attraction at that park?
I have finally completed my lawsuit against Paul Taylor for the use of my name in his press releases during the Netco days.
Huh? I thought your lawsuit was about the pimp site? I guess that didn't go anywhere since I see it still being used,lol... Regardless, what does "completed my lawsuit" mean? What was the outcome, RCA?
And what state have you filed this latest court action in? Link please???
tia
Are the CEOs involved the unindicted co-conspirators???
On or about November 2, 2006, P.D. communicated via the instant messaging function of America OnLine with L.B. regarding P.D.'s off-shore account in Costa Rica, noting that his "set up is now 100% sec safe," and that "funds [P.D.'s payment for the market manipulation of Asia Global shares] aren't coming from him [unindicted co-conspirator, M.M.] or anyone having anything to do with asagh (sic)."
From an Oct.'08 AAGH filing:
On October 29, 2008, the Company accepted the resignation of Michael Mak as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and as a Director, prior to the acceptance of Mr. Mak's resignation, the Board of Directors appointed John Leper, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The Board also appointed Hin Lee Kwong as Secretary and as a Director of the Board.
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/081030/aagh.ob8-k.html
Not sure either Rose...standing by to stand by though...
gl
Barron's Yesterday:
What "Cuba Libre" Could Mean for Investors
http://online.barrons.com/article/SB124303137113248503.html?ru=yahoo
gl
Posted by: IH Admin [Matt] Date: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:58:01 PM
In reply to: None Post # of 6241
This board is the most shameless pump board I've seen in a long time -- maybe ever.
You guys are posting absolutely garbage posts, clearly to promote the stock. It also "looks" like there's several of you that are being paid in some way but aren't disclosing.
All of you need to take a step back for a day or two and read the nonsense you're writing.
You should all believe what you're writing to be true and make sure what you're posting to the board isn't nonsense to hit the top of some active list/etc. Most of you have been on this site for a very long time and have earned major points (peoplemarks) for the valuable contributions you've made over the years.
I'm in shock to see the shameless touting and senseless babble some of you old time iHubbers are posting here. This is not what iHub is for -- nor what any of you have acted like over the last 9 years. iHub should be about friends/investors sharing DD - positive or negative - for the benefit of each other. This is absolutely not what is going on here.
I'm shutting down the board to think this through.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=37119848
Commerce and Energy Secretaries Agree on Smart Grid Framework
Washington, D.C., United States
[RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
May 19, 2009
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the first set of standards for the interoperability and security of the Smart Grid and US $10 million in Recovery Act funds provided by the Energy Department to the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology to support the development of interoperability standards.
Public comments on the initial standards will be accepted for 30 days after their upcoming publication in the Federal Register.
Secretary Chu also announced that based on feedback from the public and Smart Grid stakeholders, the Department of Energy is increasing the maximum award available under the Recovery Act for Smart Grid programs.
The maximum award available under the Smart Grid Investment Grant Program will be increased from $20 million to $200 million and for the Smart Grid Demonstration Projects from $40 million to $100 million. In making awards, DOE will ensure that funding is provided to a diversity of applications, including small projects as well as end-to-end larger projects.
The initial batch of 16 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-recognized interoperability standards announced will help ensure that software and hardware components from different vendors will work together seamlessly, while securing the grid against disruptions, the Secretaries said.
Spanning areas ranging from smart customer meters to distributed power generation components to cybersecurity, the list of standards is based on the consensus expressed by participants in the first public Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Interim Roadmap workshop, which is outlined below.
The Energy Department also announced that the $10 million it received to support the development of interoperability standards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been transferred to NIST to help accelerate their efforts to coordinate these critical standards.
Public comments on the initial standards will be accepted for 30 days after their upcoming publication in the Federal Register. Comments may be submitted to smartgrid@nist.gov.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/05/commerce-and-energy-secretaries-agree-on-smart-grid-framework?cmpid=rss
Chu Raises Cap on Smart Grid Grants to $200 Million
By Tina Seeley
May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the U.S. will increase the amount of individual grants available for companies to develop smart-grid technology to $200 million from $20 million.
Chu made the announcement today after meeting at the White House with about 70 executives from utilities, information technology companies and manufacturers, including representatives of IBM Corp. and General Electric Co.
The $787 billion stimulus legislation signed into law in February included $4.5 billion for smart grid technologies, which aim to improve reliability of the nation’s electrical grid and increase energy efficiency. Industry groups and governors have called on the department to consider raising the $20 million cap proposed in an April 16 notice.
Chu told reporters after the meeting that he was making the move “in order to start pilot plants of meaningful scale,” and because “we’ve gotten a lot of good comments from the industry.”
The government is also increasing the size of the grants for demonstration projects to $100 million from $40 million, according to a department press release.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last month sent a letter to Chu asking the cap be raised to $200 million.
“The current cap causes utilities to pursue separate, smaller projects that are not as regionally integrated or cutting edge,” the Republican governor wrote in the April 30 letter.
Bill Richardson
Democratic Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico also called for raising the cap, as have industry members including the Edison Electric Institute, a Washington-based trade group that represents investor-owned utilities.
“These proposed award sizes to not adequately take into account the range, in both scale and scope, of meaningful smart grid deployment projects, and in many cases will not provide anywhere close to a 50 percent cost share,” David Owens, executive vice president of the Edison Electric Institute, said in May 6 comments sent to the department.
Funding decisions for the chosen projects could come as early as this summer, Chu said.
“We believe that bigger deployments are important and that $20 million is insufficient to really demonstrate scaleability of the technology or the real impact of technology,” Bob Gilligan, vice president of transmission and distribution for GE and an attendee of the White House meeting, said in an interview.
Deploy Technology
GE, based in Fairfield, Connecticut, last month unveiled plans with FPL Group Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. for a $200 million project to deploy smart grid technologies in Miami.
“Lifting the limit on the matching funds allows something of that scale to happen and really I think will attract more investment in other technologies,” Gilligan said.
Chu made the announcement alongside Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, whose department includes the National Institute of Standards and Technologies.
Locke and Chu today announced the first set of standards needed for smart grid development, to ensure that software and hardware work together “seamlessly,” Locke told reporters.
To contact the reporter on this story: Tina Seeley in Washington at tseeley@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: May 18, 2009 14:22 EDT
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=aXcZu_zsiPNY#
Q3 Is any exemption available for Rule 504 filers?
A3 No. Rule 504 provides an exemption from registration under the federal securities laws. Going forward, these issuers will no longer be allowed to be quoted on the OTCBB.
http://www.otcbb.com/news/EligibilityRule/eligruleq&a.stm
CCMI's REGDEX filing:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/vprr/08/9999999997-08-031165
Did she know that Knight is working both sides of the street?
Did Vivina ever suggest to you
that NSS was the problem
with the distribution
of the ANVH dividend?
LOL, You're being optimistic.
August is hurricane season.
What's the rush?
Alot of coffee stocks have been jumpy lately. JVA is the runt of the litter,imo. The tiny float plays nice with recent volume,huh?
Kudos on finding this gem in March. That took a leap of faith!
Here's a recent blurb, fwiw...
Coffee Stocks On A Caffeine Rush
May 04, 2009 | by Joey Fundora
Over the past few weeks, coffee and coffee-related stocks have been surging on a huge increase in volume. While there could be many different fundamental drivers for this move, one of the benefits to technical analysis is that the trend is always revealed on a chart regardless of what is driving it. While some trends may be more difficult to interpret, a chart always presents an objective view. It is up to the trader to interpret the chart and develop a methodology to weigh his or risk and define objectives. While fundamentals are important and ultimately drive the markets over the long term, the shorter the time frame, the more price movement is tied to the emotions of fear and greed in market participants. In looking at the charts for these coffee stocks, something is driving market participants to buy hand over fist. Whether it is directly tied to some of the recent earnings releases or some other macroeconomic driver, the simple fact is that the charts are showing a startling increase in volume and price movement. (For more, see Basics Of Technical Analysis.)
For example, in the chart for Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq:SBUX) it's clear that the bulls have been sending prices higher. There could be a myriad of reasons for this, from confidence in management's new plans, value players looking to get into a great American company, or even short sellers covering. Regardless of the driver, the chart reveals a change in character by starting to set higher highs and lows, and an increase in volume on positive days. SBUX cleared a larger consolidation in March and after trading sideways for a month, continued its move higher. While SBUX may be a little ahead of itself (showing a MACD divergence), it is starting to look more bullish long term, by trading back above the 200-day moving average. This area may serve as support moving forward.
Source: StockCharts.com
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq:GMCR) is another example of a coffee-related stock seeing a surge in interest. GMCR broke above a long-term base in March and continued to trend higher, hitting all-time highs along the way. Last week, things really got interesting on a huge gap higher following an earnings report. It will be interesting to see if GMCR comes back to fill any portion of or the entire gap it left behind. A failure to fill the gap would be considered bullish, especially after the strong trend it has already experienced.
Source: StockCharts.com
Caribou Coffee Company (Nasdaq:CBOU) is another example of a coffee stock gone wild. It cleared a several-month long base in March and has been surging higher from that point. The MACD histogram just confirmed that move higher with new highs in the indicator showing momentum is still quite strong.
Source: StockCharts.com
There is probably no better example of how crazy things have gotten with coffee stocks recently than Diedrich Coffee (Nasdaq:DDRX). This stock has gained well over a 1000% from where it broke out in March. The surge in both volume and price over the past few weeks has been quite remarkable, and it will be interesting to see how deep the pullback will be once it begins to correct.
Source: StockCharts.com
Coffee Holding Company (AMEX:JVA) is another smaller coffee company seeing the same surge in interest. The strongest move in JVA really has come on in just the past few sessions and could be just beginning. This has a very low average trading volume and has seen a huge relative volume increase over the past few sessions. It's always interesting how money flows into the sector and finds its way to other members of the group. Another stock displaying a strong run up on increasing volume is Peet's Coffee and Tea (Nasdaq:PEET).
Source: StockCharts.com
Bottom Line
While coffee related-stocks are certainly extended right now, the huge surge in volume is hinting at more than just a short squeeze. Usually a volume increase this large suggests participation from institutional money. Technical analysis can be used to discern the trend, regardless of what is ultimately driving prices higher. All of these stocks either have the 50-day moving average back above the 200-day moving average, or are very close to it. This is commonly referred to as a golden cross and can be considered bullish. Will these stocks reverse and head lower, or are they experiencing an important trend change and thus, headed higher. Tune in to the charts to find out.
At the time of writing, Joey Fundora does not own any of the stocks listed in this article.
By Joey Fundora
Joey Fundora is an independent trader located in South Florida. Joey focuses on using technical analysis techniques to uncover supply and demand imbalances in equities. To see more of his work, visit his site on Stock Chart Analysis.
http://community.investopedia.com/news/cadvisor/cotd/archive/sbux20090504.aspx?printable=1
the Obama Administration... has specifically named ABTG
No, they didn't. Dow Jones News did.
Big difference,imo.
The rest is just speculation and unfounded rumors, as you say, but that one is just wrong.
gl
"The ceiling of $20 million is so low that I fear dollars will just be spread around without accomplishing much," said David W. Mohler, vice president and chief technology officer of Charlotte-based Duke Energy. Duke Energy has already budgeted $1 billion in its five-year plan for smart grid investments, he said, but "if there were $1.5 billion, you'd get more done quicker."
"To get anything to scale . . . is going to take more than $20 million," he added.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042302577.html?wprss=rss_business
U.S. May Raise Cap on Grants for High-Tech Power Grid
By Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Energy Department might revise its guidelines for $4.5 billion in smart grid grants after major electric utilities complained that the proposed $20 million-per-grant limit was too low to encourage commercial-scale deployment of advanced technologies.
The smart grid spending is supposed to both create jobs and improve the efficiency and reliability of the electricity grid by lowering peak demand, reducing energy consumption, integrating more renewable energy sources and easing the pressure to build new coal-fired power plants. A variety of devices may qualify, including meters, grid management software and other equipment.
Last week the department unveiled proposed guidelines for its smart grid program, which was part of the stimulus bill President Obama signed into law in February. It said that it would provide grants of $500,000 to $20 million to cover up to 50 percent of the cost of any project deploying smart grid technology.
But utilities are saying that if the Obama administration doesn't raise the maximum grant size, it will fail to achieve its twin goals of creating jobs and improving the efficiency and reliability of the electricity grid because it will only stimulate a series of small pilot and demonstration programs.
"The ceiling of $20 million is so low that I fear dollars will just be spread around without accomplishing much," said David W. Mohler, vice president and chief technology officer of Charlotte-based Duke Energy. Duke Energy has already budgeted $1 billion in its five-year plan for smart grid investments, he said, but "if there were $1.5 billion, you'd get more done quicker."
"To get anything to scale . . . is going to take more than $20 million," he added.
Anne E. Hoskins, vice president of federal affairs and policy at PSEG, a New Jersey utility, said her firm has not yet applied for money but was considering a $200 million project.
"If the DOE sticks with what it is, we are certainly not going to back away," Hoskins said. But she added, "We would probably scale down the scope of what we attempt to accomplish."
Matt Rogers, who is overseeing stimulus spending and loan guarantees at the Energy Department, said the department "may end up segmenting" smart grid money so that one part would be aimed primarily at smaller companies and another part with a higher dollar limit would help larger commercial projects.
"Out intent was to fund a diversity of projects and help small companies as well as large," Rogers said. "We're in middle of evaluating a restructuring." The final version of the guidelines will be issued after the comment period ends May 6.
Some smaller companies argue that major utilities have enough capital of their own or can get public service commissions to pass costs through to ratepayers.
Utilities have also raised concerns about compliance costs and the timetable for spending the money. The Obama administration wants the grant money spent in two years, but Hoskins said it might take three to five years to complete some of the projects.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042302577.html?wprss=rss_business
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Houston, we have volume! eom
ArsTechnica: Biden launches DOE stimulus program for the smart grid
Smart grid, monitoring, and energy storage technologies feature prominently in the Department of Energy's opening round of stimulus spending, announced Thursday by Vice President Biden. The Department has released a draft of its call for grant applications for public comment.
By John Timmer | Last updated April 17, 2009 12:25 PM CT
In a move that surprised no one, Vice President Joe Biden announced that the Department of Energy was looking to direct stimulus money to the development of the smart grid. The DOE has been signaling its intention to do precisely this for several months, so it would be easy to dismiss the announcement as old news. But the trigger for Biden's speech (and accompanying words by Commerce Secretary Gary Locke) was the release of the first draft of the DOE's planned grant application, which provides insight into what, precisely, the Department plans to do. The Notice of Intent that contains the draft rules will be available for public comment for only 20 days before the feedback is used to formulate final rules.
Biden and Locke announced a few more details and promoted stimulus spending while speaking in Missouri. Biden pitched it in part based on the potential for long-distance transmission of power generated from renewable sources, saying, "We need an upgraded electrical grid to take full advantage of the vast renewable resources in this country—to take the wind from the Midwest and the sun from the Southwest and power areas across the country." Oddly, however, the spending that was announced doesn't target that issue. Instead, $3.3 billion will go towards smart grid technology, while another $615 million will be directed to storage and transmission-level monitoring.
The speeches were apparently coordinated with the release of a Notice of Intent by the Department of Energy, which spells out the plans for stimulus spending in considerably more detail. The NOI, which is available for download, contains a full description of the spending, priorities, and grant application process. In keeping with its intent to get the money flowing quickly, the DOE will take public comment on the program for only 20 days before finalizing its plans.
Looking through that, it becomes clear that the smart grid funding will go to demonstration projects, using the structure that was put in place following the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. These programs are focused on regional deployments and are designed to identify both best practices and stumbling blocks; a condition of these grants is that performance data must be shared afterwards so that the entire field can use the program as a learning experience. The decision to continue with demonstration projects, however, will probably disappoint some in the business, who have argued that we're already at the point where deployment makes sense.
The document lays out the specific data that the DOE wants to see from anyone who expects to get funding. The grant recipients are expected to randomize deployment of the technology in order to allow before-and-after comparisons that will be relevant to the deployment of the technology on a national scale. The DOE hopes to obtain data on how smart grid devices affect demand reduction, the use of renewable and distributed energy sources, changes in infrastructure utilization and reliability, the use of imported fuels, and carbon emissions.
All of this would be valuable information, and a carefully designed test deployment should provide an adequate chance to obtain it. Still, at some point, we're going to have to decide if we know enough to start deploying this, and the aging electrical grid adds a degree of urgency to the matter.
Some of the remaining money will go to large-scale transmission equipment, but it will be directed to monitoring technology rather than the infrastructure or improved capacity that will be needed for long-distance transmission of renewable power. The money will specifically go towards synchrophasors, which provide real-time details on transmission equipment using timing data from GPS signals. This money will also go through an existing effort, the North American Synchrophasor Initiative. To an extent, it's a bit difficult to distinguish this from smart grid spending, given the role that performance monitoring and intervention play there.
The final bit of spending may actually be the most compelling, as the DOE is looking to fund two classes of energy storage systems, both utility scale (8-15MW with 4-8 hour capacity) and distributed (1-3MW with 30 minute-8 hour capacity), as well as compressed air storage systems. A portion of the money will specifically be set aside to integrate this storage into existing wind farms, which suffer from irregular discontinuities in their energy supply. Other potential deployments that the DOE would like to see include integration with a smart grid for peak demand smoothing and the use of stored power to help stabilize the frequency of the current on the grid.
The evaluation of these applications will include consideration of the merits, significance, and sophistication of the plan, and the quality of the team behind it. The DOE would also like to see applicants include public education programs that help make people aware of what's actually being done, and how to take advantage of it. All in all, the NOI appears to be a fairly solid piece of work, and sets the stage for what will undoubtedly be an interesting competition for the funds.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/biden-launches-doe-stimulus-program-for-the-smart-grid.ars
Bells and whistles going off here,lol.
We have a winner!
Recovery Act - Smart Grid Demonstrations
Description
From funds made available by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) has issued this competitive Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Smart Grid Demonstrations. Smart Grid projects will include regionally unique demonstrations to verify smart grid technology viability, quantify smart grid costs and benefits, and validate new smart grid business models, at a scale that can be readily adapted and replicated around the country. The goal of this FOA is to demonstrate technologies in regions across the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America that embody essential and salient characteristics of each region and present a suite of use cases for national implementation and replication. From these use cases, the goal is to collect and provide the optimal amount of information necessary for customers, distributors, and generators to change their behavior in a way that reduces system demands and costs, increases energy efficiency, optimally allocates and matches demand and resources to meet that demand, and increases the reliability of the grid. The social benefits of a smart grid are reduced emissions, lower costs, increased reliability, greater security and flexibility to accommodate new energy technologies, including renewable, intermittent and distributed sources.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=WyBfJnBHbDsyyJkw3TKRQWLZ9pMTShVMVgDnLYgZCkpDSCyCskzv!-747979520?oppId=46836&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW
Agreed. You have to figure that if Biden is the opening act for the Obomulus Plan, we'll be getting more smartgrid chatter all weekend, Sunday morning hopefully. When Duke chimes in with their intent to sieze the day, it will kickstart a whole new game here. imo
All forward thinking, we're a penny stock for a reason.
gl2a
Biden, Commerce Secretary
announce next step in stimulus
April 17, 2009
DOE Thursday released a “notice of intent” for its Smart Grid Investment Grant Program along with a draft Funding Opportunity Announcement for a smart grid regional demonstration initiative.
http://www.smartgridtoday.com/public/172.cfm?sd=2
DOE made available a synopsis and an application but the application package was only posted in a draft form with comments to be collected through May 6. DOE didn't post the formal submission since the agency plans to accommodate a 20-day public comment period on the “notice of intent” and consider feedback when tweaking the final version of the grant program's structure and solicitation.
DOE's Smart Grid Investment Grant Program will provide grants ranging from $500,000 to $20 million for smart grid technology deployments, the White House said Thursday.
It will also provide grants of $100,000 to $5 million for the deployment of grid monitoring devices. This program provides matching grants of up to 50% for investments planned by electric utilities and other entities to deploy smart grid technologies.
Eligible applicants include electric utilities, power distributors or sellers, organizations that coordinate or control grid operations, appliance and equipment manufacturers, and firms that want to install smart grid technology.
The ARRA-funded efforts are meant to spur technologies aimed at transforming how power providers operate their systems. They are also meant to offer options for increased energy storage and to accelerate the integration of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power with the electrical grid.
Utilities and their smart grid business partners -- and politicians, of course -- have been anxiously waiting for word from the DOE about how to go about asking Uncle Sam for millions and eventually billions of dollars in matching funds.
One example is a coalition of Pacific Northwest US utilities preparing to ask DOE for up to $100 million in matching funds (ST, Apr-16).
And we reported last week on US Sen Maria Cantwell (D-Wash), anticipating that landing regional demo project funds from the DOE could well give the state a leg up in the competition for federal matching funds for smart grid (ST, Apr-08). The Bonneville Power Administration is reportedly working to help prepare smart grid players in the region for the application process.
Following DOE's announcement yesterday, BPA executives were poring over the fresh details about the application process, a spokesperson told us. BPA's next steps include sending out a request for information and holding further discussions with utilities next week.
DOE released its news through the White House to coincide with remarks made by Vice President Joe Biden in Jefferson City, Mo, where he appeared with US Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) to discuss President Obama's Recovery Act. They spoke at an ABB plant where transformers are made for the state's Lost Creek Wind Farm project.
“We need an upgraded electrical grid to take full advantage of the vast renewable resources in this country -- to take the wind from the Midwest and the sun from the Southwest and power areas across the country,” Biden told the press. “By investing in updating the grid now, we will lower utility bills for American families and businesses, lessen our dependence on foreign oil and create good jobs that will drive our economic recovery -- a strong return on our investment.”
A cabinet-level smart grid meeting is set for next month in the nation's capital, Locke said, noting he and DOE Secretary Steven Chu would host key stakeholders largely from the private sector.
While the exact date for the May meeting was not announced, Locke said it would “begin a critical discussion about developing industry-wide standards that will enable the smart grid to become a reality.” He added that “industry leaders will be expected to pledge to harmonize industry standards critical to developing the smart grid, commit to a timetable to reach a standards agreement and abide by the standards devised.”
Locke used an ATM card as a prop to discuss the need for the smart grid interoperability standards that NIST is developing with the help of EPRI and some subcontractors -- whom Smart Grid Today introduced to the nation last week as they were selected to draw the interop roadmap (ST, Apr-06).
“Initially, before a set of standards was agreed to, [ATM cards] could only be used at your own bank,” said Locke. “But then the banking industry agreed on a wide range of standards -- rules to govern ATM security, communications and transactions. Those rules enabled a revolution in how we live our lives and spurred additional innovation. You can now use your card at any ATM machine and even at the cashier stand at your grocery store. The birth of a truly connected smart energy grid will be realized when we establish the rules of the road that will let the technology finally lift off.”
Under the EISA, NIST is responsible for assisting with the development of a framework for standards associated with smart grid systems and devices including cyber-security and similar safeguards put in place to protect the grid from hackers and natural disasters.
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