Power Measurement

A forecast for California on Aug. 16, 2006

Transmission congestion affects both the cost and the efficiency of the electric power grid. Traditionally, transmission congestion has been managed as an engineering or contractual matter, through physical management of the grid or contractual management of "contract paths" for delivering electricity.

Commission Watch

Electric M&A:

The merger with PSE&G may herald a new industry structure, squarely at odds with regional markets.

Call it the merger that broke the bank.

The marriage between Exelon and PSEG, owner of the utility Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G), formally proposed in February in papers filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), would create the largest electric utility in the United States.

Technology Corridor

Data Mining and Warehousing:

Many utilities have no ability to turn raw customer information into significant insights about their business.

In the utility industry, any discussion of improvements in either customer or revenue management requires consideration of the critical importance of the customer-information system (CIS).

WINDPOWER:

Windpower is caught in a vicious cycle of Washington politics. Escaping the cycle will require visionary leadership in Congress and the utility industry.

Windpower has come a long way in the past decade. Ten years ago, utility planners were hesitant about adding windpower to their systems.