Fortnightly Magazine - September 1 2001
News Analysis
The General Trend
News Analysis
Off Peak
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Off Peak
September 1, 2001
Online Shopping
Now you can buy a 20-MW gas turbine without ever leaving your desk.
Real-Time Metering: Still as Sweet with Prices Controlled?
California lawmakers grant $35 million in funding, but some say the project has lost its soul.
XML—Lingua Franca of Energy Commerce
A case study from Maryland on electric restructuring.
Don't Rush the Seamstress: Second Thoughts on the Marriage of the Northeast Grids
Why a standard design in each ISO is no guarantee of regional coordination.
By Marija Ilic and Leonard Hyman
Why a standard design in each ISO is no guarantee of regional coordination.
How do you complete an efficient transaction that requires the cooperation of two or more markets when each is operated independently of the other?
Sweating the Deadline: What Consolidation Means for Traders and Vendors
Interviews with software middlemen.
Interviews with software middlemen.
Lawrence Oliva
Partner, Utility Practice Group
Andersen
Northeast Power Markets: The Argument for a Unified Grid
How different regional protocols distort power prices and flows among New York, New England, and PJM.
Introduction: How an efficient re-dispatch of transactions between ISOs would save close to a half billion dollars each year, arguing for regional consolidation, as urged by the FERC.
Stringing Transmission Lines, Untangling Red Tape
Centralized federal oversight sounds good, but what about squabbles between separate federal agencies?
Frontlines
California sued El Paso for gaming the pipeline. But the blame may lie to the East.
Frontlines
The Great Gas Grab