The grid does not need a Marshall Plan for new investment.
Steve Huntoon & Alexandra Metzner
The grid does not need a Marshall Plan for new investment.
We don't know what caused the Aug. 14 blackout, but somehow we know that our transmission system needs $50 billion to $100 billion in investment and upgrades. And utilities need higher returns to raise that kind of money. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons.
The reality is that we aren't short $50 billion or $100 billion in our transmission system. The study said to support that proposition just doesn't do the job.
Emotions have run high in the SMD/RTO debate. It's time for cooler heads to prevail.
W. Scott Miller III
Five electric utility chiefs are showing true leadership for their companies and for an entire industry.
Interviews by Richard Stavros
Cross-Sound Cable Co. shows how transmission siting is much harder to do now than in the good old days.
Linda L. Randell and Bruce L. McDermott
Cross-Sound Cable Co. shows how transmission siting is much harder to do now than in the good old days.
Opposition to electric transmission line projects designed to upgrade the nation's infrastructure can come from a number of sources: the host municipality, adjacent municipalities, the state's executive branch, the legislative branch, commercial entities, ad hoc or long-standing environmental groups, and/or organized citizen groups.
Independent transmission companies have a role in creating public benefit in wholesale competitive electricity markets.
Audrey Zibelman
Why it happened? Who lost in the bust? Who will survive to build another turbine?
Robert L. Sansom and A. Michael Schaal
Why it happened? Who lost in the bust? Who will survive to build another turbine?
The period from late 2001 to April 2002 witnessed a classic industry shakeout as a result of a merchant power development sector that became too ambitious in its power plant development plans.
Dynegy's David Francis, vice president for western power trading, testified on Dec. 21 on why he thought the ISO was bending the rules:
Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Bd. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n, Nos. 85,750 et al., Dec. 15, 2000 (Kan.App.)
Recent advances in materials science promise a new, truly competitive paradigm for grid investment without land-use headaches or "big-iron" solutions.
John B. Howe
Electric Reliability
Case No. 2000-095, May 15, 2000 (Ky.P.S.C.).
One Market? The Case for Consolidation
Richard Stavros
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