Comments on: Daylight Saving Time: What’s it Saving?

By: GeekMom » Blog Archive » Geeking The Wake Up Call

GeekMom » Blog Archive » Geeking The Wake Up Call — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:01:36 +0000

[...] blare of sound is never a good way to wake up. And thanks to Daylight Saving Time (fist shake at George Vernon Hudson) we’ll be getting up an hour earlier starting Sunday, March 13. So why not geek up the clocks [...]

By: The Clocks are Back, but the Sun’s Still Out!

The Clocks are Back, but the Sun’s Still Out! — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:59:27 +0000

[...] case all the squirrels hording acorns and geese flying south weren’t enough evidence, daylight savings time is now behind us, which points definitively towards the wintry season of short [...]

By: Randy Barcus

Randy Barcus — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:43:16 +0000

In the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Section 110, Congress required the U.S. Department of Energy to perform an extensive study. In March 2009, “Impact of Extended Daylight Saving Time on National Energy Consumption” was sent to Congress.
I was a volunteer development & review participant of this study which was undertaken by the National Energy Lab in Richland, Washington.
If you’d like a copy of the study, please send me an email and I’ll attach it to a reply.
I’d also be willing to comment for the record on the opinions you expressed in your article.
Randy Barcus, Avista Chief Economist, Spokane, Washington