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The Song of Competition: Still as Sweet Without Cheap Gas?

More ruminations on the "stranded ratepayer."

Two readers — President and CEO of El Paso Electric James Haines and Richard D. Cudahy, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Chicago — respond to a letter written about Cudahy's article “The Stranded Ratepayer” (March 15, 2001, p. 26).
Byline: 

James Haines and Richard D. Cudahy

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Forget Black Gold or Texas Tea …

From Malibu to Beverly Hills, they all want a personal generator.

While it may not be the end-all, fix-all solution for the California energy crunch, many individuals have found that the use of personal generators is definitely worthwhile, particularly when it comes to keeping cool.
Byline: 

Jay S. Polachek

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Saving California with Distributed Generation

A crash program to use small, standby diesel generators to keep the lights on.

Fire up all the small, diesel-powered emergency generating units already installed on site in California. It would erase the power shortage, but it won’t happen without changing the way we think about unit dispatch.
Byline: 

Mark B. Lively

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Coal: No Longer a Dirty Word?

Benchmarks

It appears that coal will continue to play a role in meeting the need for new generating capacity in the U.S. Used in the proper context, perhaps coal does not have to be a "four-letter" word.
Byline: 

Ellen Ewart and Betsy Vaninetti

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The Grid Is Dead

Gas pipelines compete against electric transmission lines. And the pipes are winning.

Years from now, we'll look back on the power crisis as the beginning of the end of electric transmission.
Byline: 

Bruce W. Radford

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