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title: The Return of the Chief Electricity Officer
date: 2007-12-05T19:04:05Z
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Over on Greenmonk yesterday I wrote a [piece](http://greenmonk.net/?p=87) that I think is worth flagging here. What’s the big idea? Just as Nick Carr argues the IT function might go the way of the 1890s “chief electricity officer” and function, it turns out the Chief Electricity Officer could be making a comeback.