<?xml version="1.0" ?> <rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Special Report</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/rss.aspx?id=677</link><description>A weekly discussion from Joe Salimando on a current event or situation that affects the electrical distribution channel. The TedMag Special Report is designed to spark thought, sharing, and discussion of important topics.</description><item><title>Special Report: 3.16.2010</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/news/news-room/special-report/Special-Report/Special-Report--3-16-2010.aspx</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;REALLY, REALLY GREEN (part two) Improbabilities and possibilities By Joe Salimando This blog follows on part one, summing up what the late January electric vehicle event and the early February renewable energy event (both held in D.C.) led me to&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:57:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special Report: 3.15.2010</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/news/news-room/special-report/Special-Report/Special-Report--3-15-2010.aspx</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;Our blogger's thoughts after attending two "green-ish" events get to why companies hand out material at such events that's not printed on recycled paper, how auto companies and utilities resemble dinosaurs, and what he wanted the crowd to do to the guy from JP Morgan!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special Report: 3.11.2010</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/news/news-room/special-report/Special-Report/Special-Report--3-11-2010.aspx</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;Are we in a recovery? The construction market certainly is not. And the B2B magazine business (in which our blogger has served as publisher, editor, writer, and now freelancer) is in a Depression, too. PLUS: A look at employment and construction spending data.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:17:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>booth-lite</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/uploadedImages/TEDMag/TEDMag_Home/news/news-room/special-report/Special_Report/lighting booth.JPG</link><description>

</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>efird graphic</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/uploadedImages/TEDMag/TEDMag_Home/news/news-room/special-report/Special_Report/peak power pricing.jpg</link><description>

</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:50:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special Report: 3.9.2010</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/news/news-room/special-report/Special-Report/Special-Report--3-9-2010.aspx</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;An informed RETECH speaker claimed U.S. solar PV installations will double in 2010 (over 2009) -- followed by a double in 2011 (over 2010). And then our market will continue growth, until we're the #1 global solar market by 2013. &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:05:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>booth - law</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/uploadedImages/TEDMag/TEDMag_Home/news/news-room/special-report/Special_Report/lawyer booth.JPG</link><description>

</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:04:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>solon</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/uploadedImages/TEDMag/TEDMag_Home/news/news-room/special-report/Special_Report/SOLON SLIDE.jpg</link><description>

</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special Report: 3.5.2010</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/news/news-room/special-report/Special-Report/Special-Report--3-5-2010.aspx</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;Our Special Report blogger sat in on a solar session at RETECH (early last month). The gist: Boom years have finally arrived in solar PV and they're going to start . . . &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;right about now!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:10:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>energy buzz</title><link>http://www.tedmag.com/uploadedImages/TEDMag/TEDMag_Home/news/news-room/special-report/Special_Report/buzz(1).JPG</link><description>

</description><author>Joe Salimando</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:05:38 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>