Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Quotes

We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.

Well, we're trying to patch and fix and put a cast on a broken system here. You can call it what you want, but we'll continue to purchase power in a private market.

Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power.

Fridges can be modified to nudge their internal thermostats up and down just a little in response to the main's frequency in such a way that, without ever jeopardising the temperature of your butter, they tend to take power at times that help the grid.

Very often, state utilities do not buy electricity even if they need it, as every unit purchased increases their losses.

We see natural gas as an important part of the electricity generation mix for many decades to come.

Texas has long been known as the nation's largest energy producer, but we are equally proud of our distinction as the nation's leading energy innovator.

From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.

Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.

The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.

Why is electricity so expensive these days? Why does it cost so much for something I can make with a balloon and my hair?

You're never going to get the amount of CO2 emitted to go down unless you deal with the one magic metric, which is CO2 per kilowatt-hour.

Today, nuclear power provides 20 percent of power in the United States.

When all the plants in a region are running at full steam, there is simply no way to get more power.

Surge pricing only kicks in in order to maximize the number of trips that happen and therefore reduce the number of people that are stranded.

I support strongly the expansion of nuclear power because that is one of the key ways of getting electricity generated and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Nuclear plants are part of the backbone of our electric grid. They are reliable, they are clean.

Every day, thousands of hardworking people make sure the power is there when we need it.

If you have the wind farms but no transmission, you just have things blowing in the wind.

Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal.

THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM requires that prices be under effective control. And it seeks the greatest possible influence over what buyers take at the established prices.

Intermittency [in availability for wind and solar] changes the economics, particularly this requirement that the power company at all times be able to require power. That's large.

I think for the next 50 years I'm not going to be able to stop because of the light that you shine for me and so many millions of Americans.

When the natural gas industry was knocking on my door, they were knocking on the door of millions of people. And that became something that Americans really needed to focus on.

This morning the electricity came on for a few minutes, and when it did, Jonny said, "Hey, it's a black-on." This is what passes for humor around here.