Windpower is caught in a vicious cycle of Washington politics. Escaping the cycle will require visionary leadership in Congress and the utility industry.
Exelon Chairman, President, and CEO John W. Rowe, on the proposed merger that would create the largest utility in the United States.
Gas distributors tell how their business strategies are changing in response to issues such as higher gas prices, electric M&A, LNG, and gas pipeline development.
Increased business and regulatory challenges have utilities lagging in investments to meet energy demand a decade from now.
Why does FERC want to limit pipeline discounts?
Utilities will face stark tradeoffs in meeting the next round of emissions controls.
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FERC may have to carve out a special set of rules if it wants to bring Arctic gas south to the lower-48.
States will play a significant role in the resurgence of nuclear power plants in America.
At times, various conditions align and set the stage for achieving goals that may have appeared to be unreachable. Last summer, the Boston Red Sox were all but eliminated from contention, but then won an amazing stretch of baseball games that resulted in a World Series championship.
A similar scenario can be applied to the U.S. nuclear industry-producer of a steady, low-cost, environmentally important electricity source poised to thrive with the possibility of new plant construction in the not-so-distant future.
The states are getting into the act on greenhouse emissions, and the power industry is getting more proactive. What policy measures are appropriate?