Fortnightly Magazine - June 1 2002

Distributed Generation: Hype vs. Hope

Separating myth from reality in identifying DG applications.

Technological breakthroughs in distributed generation have not materialized as quickly as expected. Furthermore, manufacturers have continued to improve traditional generation technologies. So what role can DG play?
Byline: 

Jonathan A. Lesser, Ph.D. and Charles D. Feinstein, Ph.D.

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Standby Generation: A New Proposition

A cost/benefit analysis of full interconnection of customer-owned standby generators.

Investigating the economic impact of interconnecting a backup generator with a utility-owned power system.
Byline: 

Joshua Meyer, John Farls, and Dennis Troester

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Alliant Energy: Pushing for a Coherent Policy

CEO Power Forum: Erroll B. Davis Jr., Chairman, President, and CEO of Alliant Energy

“I, personally, have always been, and I continue to be, for competition at every level. But I’m not spending a lot of personal time, energy, or political capital, pushing issues of retail choice at this point.”
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PSEG: N.J. Utility Rides Unregulated Wave to the Bank

CEO Power Forum: James Ferland, Chairman, President, and CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group

“We’re running our generation operations with about 40 percent fewer people than we had 10 years ago, and other parts of the country could benefit from similar kinds of competitive pressures.”
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Aquila: New-Look Company Still Bullish on Risk Management

CEO Power Forum: Robert Green, President and CEO of Aquila

“We want to see the framework for investment in transmission clarified so that we can attract capital to de-bottleneck the transmission grid and continue to restructure the transmission segment so there’s no discrimination and we can freely flow electrons across the grid to meet our clients’ requirements.”
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