Alliance Gas Pipeline: Early, Late, or Just in Time?
A story of big gambles, big assumptions, and spark spreads now turned upside down.
Fortnightly Magazine - November 15 2000
Fossil Fuels and Energy Policy: Understanding the New Natural Gas Economy
How gas supply and price disruptions now outweigh oil imports as the nation's real energy problem.
Byline:
Henry R. Linden
Frontlines
Frontlines
Battle of Dunkirk
Utilities rush to save their last tenuous hold over the power plants they so smugly sold off.
Byline:
Bruce W. Radford
Benchmarks
Byline:
Michael F. Farina
News Digest
News Digest
Byline:
FERC Docket No. RT01-15-000, filed Oct. 16, 2000
Off Peak
Off Peak
November 15, 2000
Rx for IOUs: Slim Down
To an industry whose mantra of late has been "diversify and conquer," a prominent utilities consultant has some startling advice: Slim down and focus on your core strengths.
Out of Touch With Consumers? The Regulators Give Their Side
Interviews with utility commissioners and consumer advocates in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
"It's disappointing that the wholesale prices are as high as they are. All the parties expected prices to be significantly lower."
Byline:
Carl J. Levesque and Regina R. Johnson