Mr. E. Bennie Daigle Jr.
Consultant, E. B. Daigle Consulting
Member of the Natural Resources Council
Council Member Biography
Bennie Daigle is a consultant at E. B. Daigle Consulting, a firm providing consulting services in the utilities and power industry. Mr. Daigle has more than 40 years of experience in the utilities and power generation industry. While at Entergy, he held various management positions and at his retirement he was Director of Asset Management of Transmission Business. Mr. Daigle has experience in transmission and distribution standards, construction, maintenance, project management, engineering, labor relations, and process reengineering operations. He has managed transformers, metering systems, transportation shops, telephone centers, and T&D software development and benchmarking operations. Mr. Daigle presently serves on the executive committee of the Transmission, Distribution and Metering Committee of Edison Electric Institute. He also serves on the Board of Directors of AIR2; a helicopter company providing construction and maintenance services to utilities and utility contractors. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2004 - 2004
- Director, Transmission Asset Management, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 2004 - Unspecified
- Consultant, E. B. Daigle Consulting
- 1997 - 2003
- Director, Transmission Asset Preservation, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 1994 - 1996
- Director of Transmission Lines, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 1992 - 1993
- Director of Distribution Systems, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 1988 - 1992
- Director of Customer Support, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 1986 - 1987
- Division Engineer, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 1972 - 1985
- Construction Manager, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 1968 - 1971
- Manager of Distribution Standards, ENTERGY CORPORATION
- 1964 - 1967
- Engineer, ENTERGY CORPORATION
GLG NewsSM Analyses by E. Bennie Daigle(?)
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August 31, 2007
U.S. House Energy Bill: Rhetoric Over Reality | www.energytribune.com
As mentioned in the article by Robert Bruce, "Perhaps the most significant – and most controversial – element of the House bill is its requirement that by 2020, publicly traded power companies must get 15 percent of all their electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar." Oh how true, what were they thinking? Let us do a little math, let us suppose that we have a utility that generates 10,000 MWs. That would mean that they would have renewable sources in the the amount 1,500 MWs. Who is going to pay? If the utilities build it or buy it, they have to put it in the rate base and the customers will pay. The average customer now complains that his electric bill is too high. Well from now until 2020 it is going up more. It will go up each time a renewable MW is used by the utility. Some utilities are requesting "Green Power Rates" - Rates that pay for the extra cost associated with renewable sources. We need to let all the Congressional Leaders join and pay first.
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DOE and FERC use of Electric Corridors
August 8, 2007
A Jolt of Support | www.forbes.com
The DOE under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) must identify electric corridors in areas where transmission capacity constraints or congestion exist. The DOE has done this in the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest areas. This should help the utilities in those areas obtain siting for transmission lines. It also will give the FERC a better footing for advancing approval of certain lines. I think that more important than the DOE corridor designation is the new backstop siting provisions in EPAct. This will allow FERC to step in approve siting ithe states are unable or unwilling to act in a timely manner. This backstop siting will cause some problems for the states because they will not like the FERC taking over what they perceive as their authority. The Utilities will have to play both ends to get the siting of lines approved. In the overall scheme, the intended goal of the DOE designation of electric corridors will help but it will not be the cure all.
Leading institutions connect with E. Bennie Daigle through GLG
GLG Study Groups with E. Bennie Daigle(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Copper Pricing Trend Experts | 94 |
| Thermal Coal Experts | 86 |
| Automated Metering Experts | 80 |
| Nuclear Power Experts (North America) | 77 |
| Electricity Distribution Experts in GLG Member Programs | 73 |
GLG Live Meetings with E. Bennie Daigle(?)
E. Bennie Daigle has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.