December 1, 2006
By Steven J. Moss

Duty to Serve -- An ENN Commentary

Not so long ago electric utilities had a “duty to serve” any customer within their designated service territory. In exchange for government-sanctioned monopoly power, utilities would string a wire to just about anywhere... (more...)

April 20, 2006
By Steven J. Moss

Community and Trade -- An ENN Commentary

“Cap and trade” has become the rallying cry for many environmentalists seeking a solution to global climate change... (more...)

February 23, 2006
By Steven J. Moss

Urban Land Trusts -- An ENN Commentary

Millions of dollars are spent internationally each year to buy and protect wilderness areas... (more...)

December 02, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Meat Wall -- An ENN Commentary

You walk into a restaurant, the waiter escorts you to a wall of artificial meat and asks you to pick which square you want for dinner... (more...)

November 11 , 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Greening the Home Mortgage Deduction -- An ENN Commentary

President Bush’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform recently called for dramatic reductions in mortgage interest and property tax deductions... (more...)

September 23, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Getting Apollo off the Ground -- An ENN Commentary

Energy and labor are intimately related. After all, energy is by and large a replacement for labor – most energy-using devices save time... (more...)

By Steven J. Moss

Jerusalem

I was at the end of a two-month stay in Israel, during which I attempted to master Hebrew... (more...) (PDF File)

July 15, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Centralized Planning -- An ENN Commentary

We pretend otherwise, but California’s energy sector is planned as centrally as any old line communist state... (more...)

June 13, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Who Owns the Earth? -- An ENN Commentary

The first time it happened I was on a rafting trip with my wife, Debbie. “What’s this,” she asked, holding a glass bottle she’d picked out of the rocks... (more...)

May 10, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Time is Energy -- An ENN Commentary

When the clock strikes noon on a weekday, you can almost hear utility meters across the nation clicking faster... (more...)

April 15, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Who Let the Dogs Out? -- An ENN Commentary

Three decades ago, the late City and County of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk took a giant step forward by walking directly into a pile of dog waste, an event recorded by local news cameras... (more...)

March 7, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

A Changing Environment -- An ENN Commentary

Every Sunday my three-year old daughter Sara and I get bagels at Katz, in San Francisco's Mission District... (more...)

November 18, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Home

Steven Moss wonders why, if a lifetime of experience can change us, it can't
seem to change a nation? (more...)

September 1, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Blackouts

Are our billions of electricity dollars really paying for the power we need?
Steven Moss comments... (more...)

July 18, 2005 &
July 23, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Who Do You Know

Steven Moss thinks what you know should be more important that who you know... (more...)

June 17, 2005 &
June 19, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Daddies

Steven Moss applauds the unrecognized fathers everywhere... (more...)

May 9, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

The Price Is Right

Steven Moss discusses why those monthly inflation numbers may have little to do with life as you live it... (more...)

February 25, 2005 &
February 27, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Loss

Loss is a pervasive reality of life and rather than deny it, says Steven
Moss, we should embrace it... (more...)

January 27, 2005
By Steven J. Moss

Peaking Power

Steven Moss wonders who should pay more for the things we want most... (more...)

November 8, 2004 & November 13, 2004
By Steven J. Moss

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

In the election's post-mortem, Steven Moss asks, 'Where do we go from here?' (more...)

May 16, 2003 &
May 18, 2003
By Steven J. Moss

Trust

Steven Moss' efforts to bring low-cost energy to Bayview-Hunter's Point run
up against citizens' mistrust of government... (more...)

March 27, 2003 &
March 29, 2003
By Steven J. Moss

Protest That Counts

Steven Moss has some suggestions for those who are troubled by current
events but don't think blocking Market Street is the answer... (more...)