Ports-to-Plains Alliance Energy Summit
April 20, 2012
Washington, DC
Renewable Energy Production Tax Credits and Rural Communities
PTC = Jobs
John L. Cohen, Vice President, Government Affairs, Alstom, Inc.
Charlas N: Experiencias de ciudades en transformación - HP in Colombia - Bria...Ruta N Medellín
Conferencia "Experiencias de ciudades en transformación"de Brian Humphries de Hewlett Packard , charla que se ofreció en el marco de la Semana de la Innovación 2011.
This slide show is enhanced content for the John Leith-Tetrault article "Tax Credit's Really Do Add Up" in the Spring 2013 issue of Forum Journal (The Rehab Tax Credit-Turbo-Charged!). To learn more about Preservation Leadership Forum and how you can become a member visit: http://www.preservationnation.org/forum
This document is enhanced content for "Refundable State Tax Credits for Historic Rehabilitation" by Harry K. Schwartz and Renee Kuhlman in the Winter 2014 Forum Journal ('Extra Credit' Rehabs). To learn more about Preservation Leadership Forum and how you can become a member visit: http://www.preservationnation.org/forum
This is the PowerPoint presentation I used to teach elementary and junior high students about renewable energy. I recommend at least 90 minutes for the presentation, in order to get the most participation and discussion out of the classroom.
Telcom Industry Review and Future of Telcom Providers - Telco 2015IBMTelecom
How will the Telcom industry evolve over the next five years? Will telcom providers strategies be proactive or protective? Our research suggests four plausible scenarios and the events that would signal their unfolding. More important, we outline the characteristics of companies most likely to succeed in each of these possible futures.
During the course of Strategic Management (2014) i have study Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) and try to cover its internal / external environment, did it SWOT Analysis and Recommend some changes in the working environment and resources.
Charlas N: Experiencias de ciudades en transformación - HP in Colombia - Bria...Ruta N Medellín
Conferencia "Experiencias de ciudades en transformación"de Brian Humphries de Hewlett Packard , charla que se ofreció en el marco de la Semana de la Innovación 2011.
This slide show is enhanced content for the John Leith-Tetrault article "Tax Credit's Really Do Add Up" in the Spring 2013 issue of Forum Journal (The Rehab Tax Credit-Turbo-Charged!). To learn more about Preservation Leadership Forum and how you can become a member visit: http://www.preservationnation.org/forum
This document is enhanced content for "Refundable State Tax Credits for Historic Rehabilitation" by Harry K. Schwartz and Renee Kuhlman in the Winter 2014 Forum Journal ('Extra Credit' Rehabs). To learn more about Preservation Leadership Forum and how you can become a member visit: http://www.preservationnation.org/forum
This is the PowerPoint presentation I used to teach elementary and junior high students about renewable energy. I recommend at least 90 minutes for the presentation, in order to get the most participation and discussion out of the classroom.
Telcom Industry Review and Future of Telcom Providers - Telco 2015IBMTelecom
How will the Telcom industry evolve over the next five years? Will telcom providers strategies be proactive or protective? Our research suggests four plausible scenarios and the events that would signal their unfolding. More important, we outline the characteristics of companies most likely to succeed in each of these possible futures.
During the course of Strategic Management (2014) i have study Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) and try to cover its internal / external environment, did it SWOT Analysis and Recommend some changes in the working environment and resources.
(3/4) Australia - Comparison between two MNOsAhmad Bazzari
Country Study:
Comparison between two MNOs in Australia, business performances and operators’ strategies.
* This short report accompanies a presentation that can be found numbered as (4/4)
* A brief assignment, Course: Wireless infrastructure deployment and economics, at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden. Nov. 2014
Welcome to the next generation of the services economy — where we have technology and business processes enmeshing with each other on a global scale — to unlock business value.
Ericsson has been present in Latin America since 1896, with our first agreement in Colombia and delivery of equipment in the region. We expanded our presence in the 1900s with commercial deals in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Today, we have offices in more than 40 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, with over 15,000 employees. We are the global leaders in radio access, telecom services and OSS/BSS, and we hold a greater than 50% market share in LTE in the region.
In our latest Region Latin America Insights brochure, we share recent findings from our consumer research, highlights from the Ericsson Mobility Report and stories with our customers in the region.
Presentation by Joe Kiely, Vice President of Operations at Ports-to-Plains Alliance at Northern Ports-to-Plains Work Group Meeting in Wainwright, AB on June 21, 2013
Energy Development Impact on Transportation Infrastructure presented by TxDOT at Ports-to-Plains Alliance Annual Meeting in Washington DC on April 26, 2013.
Wind Energy's Future and the Impact on U.S. Manufacturing presentation at Ports-to-Plains Alliance Energy Conference in Washington DC on April 26, 2013.
Fuels Policy, Ethanol and RFS Reform Political and Policy Implications on Gas...Ports-To-Plains Blog
Fuels Policy, Ethanol and RFS Reform
Political and Policy Implications on Gasoline Prices.
Presented at Ports-to-Plains Alliance Energy Conference, Washington Dc on April 26, 2013
Dear Governor Heineman:
Thank you for approving the new route for the Keystone XL Pipeline. The project will allow America to gain independence from Middle East and Venezuelan oil by increasing supplies from our loyal, stable and secure ally in Canada. It will also be a major economic development booster for our country and region, not only in the construction of the pipeline, but in further development of Alberta’s oil resources. For every two Canadian jobs created by the oil sands, a third is created in the US. Alberta oil sands development is projected to generate more than $500 billion in US economic impact over the next 25 years.
Letter supporting the Findings of nebraska Department of Environmental Quality for the Keystone XL Pipeline Evaluation by 125 elected officials and community leaders in the Ports-to-Plains region.
Jack Schenendorf, Ports-to-Plains Alliance Transportation Consultant, in Washington will address the following topics:
The 2012 elections, the politics of 113th Congress, and the new leaders handling transportation.
Fiscal cliff: how bad is it and what is likely to happen?
Transportation's fiscal cliff: what are we going to do about it?
MAP-21 implementation and reauthorization in 113th Congress.
Jack Schenendorf’s practice concentrates on transportation and legislation with a particular focus on legislative strategy, legislative procedure, and the federal budget process. For nearly 25 years, Mr. Schenendorf served on the staff of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was Chief of Staff from 1995 to 2001.
Jack represents the Ports-to-Plains Alliance in Washington, DC. In addition he has represented Associated General Contractors, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Association of Equipment Manufactures, United Airlines and others
The international trade data comes from Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transborder Freight Data (http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/TBDR_QA.html). domestic data is from the Freight Analysis Framework by Center for Transportation Analysis in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under funding from the Federal Highway Administration (http://faf.ornl.gov/fafweb/Extraction2.aspx).
Comments on Interim Guidance on State Freight Plans and State Advisory Commit...Ports-To-Plains Blog
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requested comments related to the interim guidance on state freight plans and state advisory committees. In response to the Notice, the Ports-to-Plains Alliance respectfully submitted these comments.
Interim Guidance on State Freight Plans and State Freight Advisory CommitteesPorts-To-Plains Blog
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary of Transportation
Interim Guidance on State Freight Plans and State Freight Advisory Committees
Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 199 / Monday, October 15, 2012 / Notices
Statement on TBD Colorado Recommendations on Transportation
Ports-to-Plains Alliance Northern Working Group Strategic Plan October 2012Ports-To-Plains Blog
Members of the Ports-to-Plains Alliance, organizations and individuals from North Dakota, Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan met in Regina on October 10 and 11, 2012 to develop a northern plan to enhance the Ports-to-Plains Corridor.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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The past four years of consistent tax policy demonstrate the economic security and energy diversity benefits that the wind industry can continue to provide in a stable policy environment. The wind industry has experienced an average annual growth rate of 35% over the past four years. Over 400 facilities across 43 states manufacture for the wind energy industry today. Sixty percent of a wind turbine’s value is now produced here in America, compared to 25% prior to 2005. More than $60 billion of investment has been made since 2005. The U.S. wind industry installed 6,816 megawatts (MW) in 2011, 31 percent higher than 2010, for a total of 46,916 MW installed in the U.S. to date. There are more than 8,300 MW under construction, setting the stage for a strong 2012.
Wind PTC = credit for 2.1 cents per kilowatt hour of production. The program has been around since 1994, but has been cyclical rather than a sustained effort The wind industry’s boom-and-bust cycle is evidence that the PTC affects project development. When the PTC has been allowed to expire in the past (1999, 2001, & 2003), installations have dropped between 73% and 93%, with corresponding job losses.
Estimated revenue affects of the revenue provisions contained in S.1220, ‘The Fulfilling U.S. Energy Leadership (Fuel) Act of 2011’, fiscal years 2012-2021, as scored by the Joint Committee on Taxation. The Act includes a 4-year extension of the PTC for wind, hydro, biomass, and geothermal, so $13.6 billion slightly overstates the cost of an extension for wind only. According to a 2011 Navigant study commissioned by AWEA, a four year PTC extension could result in a 87% return on investment for U.S. taxpayers. Extending the PTC 4 years should be viewed as an investment by U.S. taxpayers. The investment is the tax credits The returns are both in the form of taxes on revenues generated by, and the investment spurred by manufacturing, construction and operation of, the plants. Navigant calculated return of investment of a 4 year extension using the following inputs: Investment: tax credits for wind plants installed from 2013 to 2016. Returns: manufacturing investment, expenditures during construction, land lease payments over the life of the plants out to 2021, operating expenditures and federal and state taxes on income from power sales. The PTC extension would cost ~$13.6B*, but result in ~$25.6B in investment and tax revenue. Return on investment = (sum of benefits)/(sum of costs)-1=$25.6B/$13.6B-1=87% This calculation excludes indirect and induced investment. Last edit: