With recent changes in the legal and regulatory treatment, properties that may be contaminated with industrial waste can hold significant bottom-line opportunities for forward thinking corporations. If well managed, these liabilities can be the source of significant gains.

Industrial Ecology is a new and emerging field which views industrial activities and the environment as an interacting whole, rather than as competing forces. The focus will be long range and strategic, rather than on near term details or specifics.

Thermodyne, a small company in Salt Lake City, has what it believes to be a new type of Thermal to Electric Converter which is based on a combined piezoelectric pyroelectric effect. The device promises to have high energy density, operate at lower temperatures and with smaller temperature differences.

The era of deregulation brings with it much uncertainty, and one of the leading questions is the status of generation. A wave of generating asset transfers on an unprecedented scale is expected in the near future as a result of industry restructuring.

Charged Injection Corporation (CIC) is currently working under Navy sponsorship on the development of an electrostatic nozzle for dispersal of fire fighting water mists. CIC has developed a number of nozzles that are capable of providing high flow rate charged sprays.

Waste Gasification Technology, Inc (WGTI) is a startup company with a technology to convert waste tires into oil and gas fuels, while producing no smoke, pollution or odor, and leaving only a small amount of solid residue. The fuels can be used to generate steam and/or electricity, or to provide heat for industrial users (e.g. fruit drying or plywood manufacture).

DOE, EEI, EPRI, and host C & SW will hold the "Second National Green Pricing and Green Power Marketing Conference"; Agenda will include updates on existing programs, an overview of new Green Power projects, lessons learned about Green Power and retail wheeling, and perspectives on issues such as certification and disclosure.

The electric power industry is in the midst of a complex transition to competition, which will induce many far-reaching changes in the structure of the industry and the institutions which regulate it. This transition raises many reliability issues, as new entities emerge in the power markets and as generation becomes less integrated with transmission.

Livermore has given a license for CDI to a small water company in Tucson, AZ who've formed a subsidiary, Terra Research Corp., to pursue applications. The parent company is publicly traded OTC - Far West Group, which does water drilling and pumping and supplies.

Although the bulk electric power system has functioned well under a sense of voluntarism, thanks largely to the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) and its regional councils, will voluntarism be sufficient to assure reliability under the new paradigm?

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