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Photo by Edward Burtynsky
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Oil prices are finally going down (for the moment, anyways) but this year has been pretty painful at the pump. While price is most on our minds, there’s also plenty to think about with the production and impact of oil.
A new art app for the iPad aims to get viewers to think deeper on the subject.
The new app is simply called āEdward Burtynsky: Oil,ā and features over a hundred images by the renowned photographer of industry. (Nearly a quarter of the images have counterpart audio-commentary by the artist). The app coincides with exhibitions of the same work at The Photographers’ Gallery in London (there’s video of that on the app, too)Ā and at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno starting June 9. The goal? To get people to think more about the oil industry’s impact.Ā Continue Reading →
Dave Fehling/StateImpact Texas
There is disagreement over whether higher wholesale prices could raises costs for residential customers
With warnings piling up that Texas could face power blackouts this summer, a consulting group gave its support to the Texas Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) proposal to dramatically increase the cap on the wholesale price of electricity during critical, high demand times. The idea is to make Texas a more profitable electricity market so investors will be willing to fund construction of new power plants.
The Brattle Group report to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)Ā recommendsĀ tripling the maximum wholesale price “from the current $3,000 to $9000…but impose this price cap only in extreme scarcity events,” said the report.
Those figures are in keeping with what the PUC hasĀ proposedĀ and which the commission’s chairman wants to start phasing in this summer.
But the Brattle Group report had a warning: Continue Reading →