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DEFG in the News
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05/09/2008 |
The cost of power, at a glance
In the not too distant future, consumers will be able to look at a computer screen in their homes and know how much electricity they are using and how much it is costing them -- up to the minute. More > |
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01/17/2008 |
Industry needs to help “muddled” consumers understand efficiency
Consumers continue to be “muddled” about green and energy-efficient technologies, appreciating their benefits, but also viewing them as ugly, costly and difficult, according to a recent survey. More > |
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01/15/2008 |
Does green technology actually fail the 'cool' test
Just because consumers are worried about global warming doesn't mean they'll shell out a few extra bucks to get environmentally friendly products, an EcoAlign survey found. More > |
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11/20/2007 |
DEFG Launches EcoAlign
First EcoPinion survey confirms green gap exists between consumers and companies in regard to communications and language. More > |
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11/20/2007 |
ECOALIGN: Consumers talk green but have much to learn: DR, for example, not understood or liked
Americans consumers may have started to talk about going green but they don't necessarily understand how to follow through on those commitments, EcoAlign found in its EcoPinion Survey. More > |
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05/31/2007 |
Study: Competitive Electricity Markets Continue To Develop
The Alliance for Retail Choice (ARC) recently released a study showing that many states continue to make progress in adopting competitive retail electricity markets. New York and Texas were the clear leaders among states that have given customers the ability to choose their electricity supplier. More > |
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05/30/2007 |
DEFG-MSI 2007 Annual Survey Results: Alternative Energy Sector Poised for Growth and Rated as a Buy
The Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC (DEFG) and Market Strategies Inc. released the results today of the Third Annual Alternative Energy Market Survey. More > |
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05/18/2007 |
DEFG Unveils Major Improvements To Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI)
The Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC unveiled a number of improvements to the Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI) today. More > |
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04/05/2007 |
DEFG's Distributed Energy Stock Index Outperforms Benchmark
For Q1 2007, the DESI gained 5 percent, almost triple the performance of the Russell 2000 and other benchmark indices. More > |
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01/05/2007 |
Jamie Wimberly pleased with his alternative energy index
It lists 40 firms and is called -- the DESI, the Distributed Energy Stock Index. The index went up 14% last year and even posted a 7.5 % jump in the fourth quarter, said Wimberly. More > |
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10/10/2006 |
Treadway tells generators how to find 4,000-6,000 more mw
ERCOT could get up to 4,000-6,000 mw of demand response with the right rules, Nat Treadway told a Gulf Coast Power Association conference. More > |
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06/07/2006 |
Let's look at savings say DE shoppers
Cost and energy savings are the biggest factors customers consider when deciding to invest in distributed energy (DE) technologies, a market study shows. More > |
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06/02/2006 |
The Sun in NASDAQ
“We’re witnessing a slow but sure transformation from centralized operation of the grid to a smart grid. With an index you can start thinking about that change and get away from a standard-industry-code way of looking at the economy” [said Wimberly]. More > |
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02/15/2006 |
RenewableEnergyStocks.com Presents a Roundtable Discussion with Industry Experts on the Growth of the Wind Industry
DEFG CEO Jamie Wimberly was one of three to participant in a roundtable discussion on wind power sponsored by the RenewableEnergyStocks.com. More > |
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12/20/2005 |
Embracing Clean Energy Solutions
Clean Energy Alternatives Offer Viable Solutions for National Security, Increased Supply and Environm'l Protection
By Ann-Marie Fleming, www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com
As the nation works towards meeting the growing energy demands while maintaining security, energy independence and environmental protection, many industry participants are turning towards cleaner sources of energy. More > |
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12/20/2005 |
RenewableEnergyStocks.com Presents a Roundtable Discussion with Industry Experts on the Direction and Opportunities for the Renewable Energy Sector
DEFG CEO Jamie Wimberly was one of three participants in a roundtable sponsored by the RenewableEnergyStocks.com. More > |
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11/21/2005 |
Distributed Energy Stocks Climb
DESI featured in Energy Biz Magazine, November-December 2005
EnergyCentral, Energy Biz Magazine
The Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI), an index of 26 publicly traded distributed energy and alternative energy technology companies, gained 15.4 percent in the third quarter of 2005. More > |
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10/18/2005 |
Study calls for more push on electricity demand-response programs
Platts Electric Power Daily, October 18, 2005
The electricity industry and state and federal regulators need to alter their thinking and make it easier for retail customers to participate in demand-response programs, according to a report released Tuesday. More > |
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10/18/2005 |
How to succeed with demand lowering by cutting price spikes?
Restructuring Today, October 18, 2005
A six-month study of demand response by the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG) and Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (CAEM), found even limited DR helps regional resource adequacy and smoothes market operations. More > |
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10/04/2005 |
In this market distributed energy stocks rise
Restructuring Today, October 4, 2005
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been good news for distributed energy and alternative energy technology companies. More > |
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09/18/2005 |
Alternative-energy investments enjoy post-Katrina surge
by Leon Lazaroff, a staff reporter at the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Watch, September 18, 2005
Even major utility companies are likely to become Capstone clients, said Jamie Wimberly, who oversees the Distributed Energy Stock Index, a project of Washington, D.C.-based Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC. More > |
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09/15/2005 |
Savings are biggest lure of DR programs
Restructuring Today, September 15, 2005
Cost savings are the primary incentive to participate in demand-reduction (DR) programs. More > |
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07/28/2005 |
DG group begins 30-company stock index
Restructuring Today, July 28, 2005
The Distributed Energy Financial Group is launching a stock index of 30 leading publicly-traded energy technology companies. More > |
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07/28/2005 |
DEFG Launches New Energy Technology Stock Index - Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI)
Yahoo Finance Press Release News, July 28, 10:00 am ET
The Distributed Energy Financial Group, LLC (DEFG) is pleased to announce the launch of the Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI). More > |
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07/28/2005 |
DEFG Launches New Stock Index
Electricity Daily, July 28, 2005
The Distributed Energy Financial Group is launching a new stock index to track some 30 publicly-traded companies. More > |
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07/28/2005 |
DEFG Launches New Energy Technology Stock Index
Fuel Cell Today, Press Release from PR Newswire, July 28, 2005
The Distributed Energy Financial Group, LLC (DEFG) is pleased to announce the launch of the Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI). More > |
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05/15/2005 |
Distributed energy to take off in 5-10 years, financial group says
IPPSO-FACTO, May 2005
Distributed energy can be expected to start a period of rapid growth sometime in the next five to ten years. More > |
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05/11/2005 |
Demand side technology is a leading growth prospect, says survey
SmartGrid Newsletter, May 11, 2005
... demand management and communication and control (including advanced metering) will be the most profitable sectors in the mid term with demand management also listed as a top growth area. More > |
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05/04/2005 |
Start-stop DG history about to get into black, survey shows
Restructuring Today, May 4, 2005
Most [stakeholders surveyed] expect DG and other technologies on both sides of the customer meter -- advanced metering, demand management, green energy -- to head into growth and profits in a couple of years. More > |
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04/27/2005 |
A good five years expected for distributed energy
Restructuring Today, April 27, 2005
A new survey finds that many in the energy industry expect wind technologies to see revenue growth for the next five years. Load control and demand response technologies are expected to turn a profit, too, noted financial services firm Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG). More > |
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02/22/2005 |
Report: Market-Based Electricity Solutions Could Save U.S. Consumers $19 Billion Annually
Transmission and Distribution World (www.tdworld.com) © 2005, PRIMEDIA Business Magazines & Media, Inc.
The study recommends that market-based approaches to improving reliability–-including market-based demand response initiatives, distributed energy and moving towards an energy only market (with limited or no extra capacity costs fixed for reliability)--be adopted or phased in to more closely link consumer preferences and consumption levels with costs. More > |
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01/24/2005 |
Customers pay too much for reliability, study says, urging more use of non-supply options, Platts (www.platts.com)
Electric Utility Week, January 24, 2005
By virtually ignoring the demand side of the supply/demand equation in the electric utility industry, regulators are causing consumers to pay far too much to ensure generating reserve margins are adequate, according to a new study. More > |
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01/24/2005 |
Study Says Competitive Forces Provide More Reliability
by Al Strange, Energy Analects (Calgary, Alberta)
An electricity market would operate more reliably under a competitive atmosphere of price-demand response (PDR), distributed energy resources and numerous, competing technologies and services rather than resource adequacy and generation capability, says a just-released study. More > |
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01/20/2005 |
Capacity reserve margins cost $19B: Study
Electric Power Daily (Platts, a McGraw-Hill Company),
Thursday, January 20, 2005.
Resource adequacy requirements or generating capacity reserve margins are causing consumers to pay too much money to ensure higher reliability levels ... a market-based approach would produce a $19 billion benefit to retail customers. More > |
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01/19/2005 |
ICAP plans found to cost much more than they are worth
Restructuring Today (GHI LLC), Wednesday, January 19, 2005.
Foes of installed capacity (ICAP) charges have new ammunition that the plans designed to ensure resource adequacy are misquided and cost far more than they are worth. More > |
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01/19/2005 |
Iron in the ground approach to U.S. electric reliability is inefficient
by Ken Maize, Electricity Daily, Wednesday, January 19, 2005
The conventional "iron in the ground" approach to U.S. electric reliability is inefficient, costing consumers some $19 billion a year, according to a report today by the Distributed Energy Financial Group and the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets. More > |
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Winter/2005 |
Adding Generating Capacity Does higher reliability of the electrical grid justify the cost imposed on consumers?
Energy Vol. XXX, Winter 2005, No. 1 Business Communications Co., Inc. By Ron Sutherland, Ph.D., Consulting Economist and Nat Treadway, Managing Partner, Distributed Energy Financial Group, LLC.
The writers prepared Resource Adequacy and the Cost of Reliability: The Impact of Alternative Policy Approaches on Customers and Electric Market Participants, published January 2005 by the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets and the Distributed Energy Financial Group, LLC. More > |
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01/01/2005 |
Distributed Energy: A New Vision Emerges
by Lori A. Burkhart for Public Utilities Reports, Inc
We are getting close to what we refer to as the tipping point for the distributed energy sector,” says Jamie Wimberly, managing partner and CEO of Distributed Energy Financial Group. That notion supports the founding of a new firm, the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG), begun with its founders’ beliefs that in three to five years the distributed energy sector (DE) is going to take off... More > |
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04/23/2004 |
DG Growth Seen as Robust, but Volatile, as End-Users Seek Reliability: Consultant
reprinted from Electric Utility Week April 23, 2004
Distributed energy technologies will grow rapidly over the next several years, driven by an increase in demand for power, an aging transmission system and end-users’ desire for reliability, cost control and portability, according to a report released last week by the Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG). More > |
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04/20/2004 |
DEFG Releases First Major Report
from Restructuring Today April 20, 2004
The Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG) wondered who will promote and guide investment in distributive generation to bridge the gap between capital markets and energy technology firms. More > |
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03/20/2004 |
Analysis Calls on DE Companies to Get Real
Electricity Daily April 20, 2004 Volume 22 Number 076
Distributed energy companies, struggling to find their niche in the electricity business, need to get real.That’s a conclusion of a comprehensive analysis of the distributed energy biz by the Washington-based Distributed Energy Financial Group. DEFG predicts “rapid growth in numerous DE technologies” over the next few years. But in its Power Point report – Distributed Energy Sector Review – DEFG notes that some companies in the field have an unrealistic view of the role of investors in breakthrough technologies. More > |
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03/20/2004 |
DEFG Optimistic About Future of Distributed, Emerging and AlternativeEnergy Technologies But Urges Caution
Washington, DC, April 20, 2005, PRNewswire
The Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG) released its first annual "Distributed Energy Sector Review" (DESR) today. The DESR marks a milestone in the industry as it is the first comprehensive attempt to review, measure and make recommendations on the financial drivers, performance, and investments in the promising but volatile distributed energy sector. More > |
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11/05/2004 |
Can DG's New Financial Ally Bring Back Investors?
Restructuring Today, November 5, 2003
Distributed Energy Financial Group (DEFG) is a brand new financial services firm working to build a bridge between alternative, distributed and emerging energy technology firms and investors. More > | |
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