Interviews, Articles & Presentations
> TheStreet.com Interview
> Total Picture Radio Interview
> Interview-Focus 580 on WILL
> Electrical Service in St. Louis- KWMU's "St. Louis on the Air"
> KMOX Interview :: Listen Now
> KWMU (NPR) Interview :: Listen Now
> GE says smart panel to cut homeowners' power bills
by Timothy Gardner, Reuters
> Daily Gas Report (page 4) by Katie Teller
> Expert discusses effects of electricity on global economy
- WMNF Community Radio, Tampa, FL
> Power Costs Surge for Building Power Plants
by Matthew Wald, New York Times
> Webcast of Chattanooga Engineer's Club Luncheon Address
> Makansi Warns of Looming Energy Crisis
by Dana Wilbourn, Chattanooga.com
> Using E-Equity(TM) to Uncover Hidden Value in Power
Generating Options (pdf)
- Presented at Carnegie Mellon
> Energy Storage for Grid and RTO Management
- Presented at various industry meetings
> The Missing Link in the U.S. Electricity Value Chain
- Power magazine
> Unifying Process Control and Optimization
- Power magazine
> LNG: Will it, or Won’t it (meet US natural gas demand)?
(pdf) - Combined Cycle Journal
Managing Steam
An invaluable guide and working tool for practicing engineers, Managing Steam examines the day-to-day challenges of working with industrial steam/condensate systems.
Lights Out
“ ...Lights Out proposes realistic solutions that even our elected representatives can comprehend and should seriously consider.”
-- Dr. Robert V. Peltier, P.E., Editor-in-Chief, POWER
Speaking Engagements
To have Jason speak at your event, contact kbmakansi@pearlstreetinc.com.
> Michigan Electric Cooperative Association
> Minnesota Rural Electric Association
> Missouri Chapter of the American Nuclear Society
> Holden Public Policy Forum, Issues of the 21st Century Speaker Series
> The MIT Club of Washington, DC
> Energy Policy, Energy Security and Climate Change Forum, Missouri Botanical Garden
> North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives
> North Carolina Coal Institute
> VA, MD & DE Association of Electric Cooperatives
> Electric Power Associations of Mississippi
> Minnesota Rural Electric Association, Systems Engineers Group
> EPRI, Energy Voyager and Great Lakes Institute for Energy Innovation at Case Western Reserve University
> Reliability Web, 23rd International Maintenance Conference
> Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives
> Platts Power Storage Conference
> National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
> National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative
> Electric Power 2009 - State of the Industry
> MN/WI Co-op Finance Managers Meeting