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	<description>The Future of American Energy Independence</description>
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		<title>COMMUNITY ENERGY STORAGE MAKES PROGRESS AT THE FERC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was proud to lead a delegation of ten NAATBatt member firms and supporting organizations to a meeting with Chairman Jon Wellinghoff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).&#160; Representatives of General Motors Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, EnerSys, EaglePicher Technologies, Altairnano, Applied Intellectual Capital/East Penn Manufacturing, A123 Systems, Saft America, American Electric Power, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IF NOT A PRICE ON CARBON, THEN WHAT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he was abandoning efforts to pass a broad energy bill this summer that would have included a cap-and-trade scheme for greenhouse gas emissions.&#160; By Senator Reid&#8217;s calculation he did not have the votes to move that legislation. &#160; The demise of cap-and-trade is another watershed event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A MODEST PROPOSAL:  BUILD A PEOPLES’ CAR FOR THE 21ST CENTURY</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 22, 2010, Kathryn Clay of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) testified before the Senate Energy Committee on the proposed Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010, S. 3495 (PEVA).&#160; In a shock to many observers, the AAM declined to support the PEVA.&#160; Ms. Clay said that the PEVA&#8217;s emphasis on electric vehicles is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WILL A REGULATORY ANOMOLY THWART THE NEXT “KILLER APP” FOR ADVANCED BATTERIES?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the attention that automotive applications for advanced batteries have received over the past several years, it is entirely possible that the next &#8220;killer app&#8221; for advanced batteries will be something slightly more mundane:&#160; community energy storage (CES).&#160; CES describes the installation by utilities of relatively small, 75-100 kWh, stationary batteries in individual communities downstream [...]]]></description>
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		<title>500 MILE BATTERY PRIZE BEGS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010 (S.B. 3442) contains a number of provisions of interest to the advanced battery community, but none more innovative than the Advanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize referenced in Section 10 of the bill.&#160; The Prize would award $10 million to an entrant submitting a cost-effective, reasonably sized battery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW POLL CONFIRMS POLITICAL POPULARITY OF ELECTRIFICATION INITIATIVES</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new poll released this week by The Electrification Coalition (see: http://electrificationcoalition.org/pollresults.pdf) confirms widespread support among voters across the political and economic spectrum for initiatives that support electric cars.&#160; According to the poll, voters see electric cars as a critical, transformative step forward; they believe electric cars will reduce pollution and dependence on foreign oil, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A MANHATTAN PROJECT FOR ADVANCED BATTERIES</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gerald F. Seib&#8217;s Capital Journal column in this morning&#8217;s Wall Street Journal, entitled &#8220;Time to Plug In Electric Cars&#8221;, makes good reading.&#160; Mr. Seib notes that that although prior to the BP oil spill, energy legislation was suspended in a partisan coma, the spill has galvanized America&#8217;s yearning for a different energy future.&#160; Support for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR BUILDING A GRID-LEVEL STORAGE MARKET</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday representatives from more than 20 companies met in Washington to discuss a strategy for building a market for grid-level energy storage products in the United States.&#160; Attendees represented a broad cross section of potential stakeholders, including automotive OEM&#8217;s, battery manufacturers, electric utilities, advanced materials suppliers and equipment manufacturers. &#160; Given the diversity of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BUILDING A COALITION WILL BE CRITICAL  TO PROMOTING GRID-LEVEL STORAGE INITIATIVES</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As NAATBatt prepares to launch a government relations initiative in support of federal programs that will create a market for grid-level energy storage products in the United States, it is necessary to make a realistic assessment of how such an initiative is likely to play out in the highly competitive, politicized world of Washington, D.C.&#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AABC CONFERENCE PROVIDES SOBERING ASSESSMENT OF THE MARKET FOR AUTOMOTIVE LI-ION BATTERIES</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 21:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Greenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the 920 attendees at the 10th Advanced Automobile Battery &#38; EC Capacitor Conference concluded today in Orlando there was a wide diversity of opinion concerning the best approach to Li-Ion technology.&#160; But there was unanimity in the view that Dr. Menahem Anderman puts on a very good conference and that he has a sobering [...]]]></description>
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