Generators struggle to plan for the future as they cope with an unstable present.
Michael T. Burr
Generators struggle to plan for the future as they cope with an unstable present.
When the acting administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Marianne Horinko, signed the EPA's "routine replacement" rule on Aug. 27, 2003, she proclaimed that the new approach to Clean Air Act regulation would "provide … power plants with the regulatory certainty they need."
The industry responds to FERC's new safety regulations.
Lori A. Burkhart
The industry responds to FERC's new safety regulations.
Utility companies are scrambling to understand and comply with the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, which became law in December 2002. According to Daphne Magnuson, director of public relations at the American Gas Association (AGA), the act will require member companies to make significant changes during the next 10 years in how they operate.
Hydrogen is hot, but whether it really will fly is another story.
Jennifer Alvey
Hydrogen is hot, but whether it really will fly is another story.
Jennifer Alvey
Significant obstacles stand in the way of achieving cost savings that should accrue to market-based emissions trading policies.
John Blaney
Nuclear power is on the verge of an extraordinary expansion.
John Sillin
How the New Congress Might Change the Mix
Donald F. Santa Jr. and Ryan L. Flynn
Fossil Fuel Politics
How the New Congress Might Change the Mix
The 108th Congress will very likely resurrect the comprehensive energy and environmental legislation introduced in the 107th Congress, again raising questions about the effectiveness of market intervention in the area of electric generation.
Investigating where environmental efficiency and good public policy intersect.
Karen Palmer, Spencer Banzhaf, and Dallas Burtraw
Investigating where environmental efficiency and good public policy intersect.
More than a decade after adopting the first national cap-and-trade approach to regulating pollution from electricity generators, Congress is considering another round of cap-and-trade regulations on a number of gases emitted by electricity generators.
Who should have "green tag" ownership under power purchase agreements, the buyers or the sellers?
Paul N. Belval and Mary F. Rossetti
Who should have "green tag" ownership under power purchase agreements, the buyers or the sellers?
A legal controversy is brewing in the electric industry over who should reap the financial benefits of the green characteristics of power plants, under existing power purchase agreements (PPA).
The price cycle is turning skyward for gas, coal, and crude oil.
Ken Carlson
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