Frontlines
<b>Beware the transmission operator that is truly "independent." </b>
Frontlines
Price Cap Follies
Fortnightly Magazine - August 2000
News Digest
News Digest
Byline:
Docket Nos. EL00-46-000 et al., 91 FERC ¶61,276, June 14, 2000.
Competition that causes gas transport facilities to be duplicated is ineffective, argues a reader.
Off Peak
What the digital signature law left unresolved could impede energy marketers' plans for widespread electronic signups.
Off Peak
August 2000
E-Sign: Messier Than Ink?
By Regina R. Johnson
EPA's Emissions Rule: Reliability at Stake?
SIP Call in a Nutshell
Some fear NOx controls will spawn outages and higher power prices.
Utility executives say the EPA's plan to reduce ground-level ozone in the nation's eastern half by controlling emissions of nitrogen oxides in upwind states could undermine electric reliability and force power prices higher.
Byline:
Richard Stavros
The Next Killer App: Load Management, Only This Time for Real
Tomorrow's Network: A Two-Way Street
The technology is here. What's missing is the will to use it.
Byline:
William M. Smith
Energy Retailing: Setting a Standard Offer for Every Season
Sending Price Signals, Without Illegal Tying
For deregulation to work, consumers must see the real price-- including all utility costs.
Byline:
Chris King
The Standard Offer: State-by-State Evolution
<b>Massachusetts: Moving to Market Prices</b>
A look at the various approaches regulators have taken to pricing energy in competitive markets, and how some are rethinking those plans.
Byline:
Paul Gromer