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Camp Flowgate
Frontlines & Op-Ed
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Enron holds court on electric restructuring, exposing deep industry divisions and the polarization of views.
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An Invitation From Ken Lay
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Utilities face huge costs of complying with new EPA standards.
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The Brink of Ruin?
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Regulators face a daunting task in sorting out power refunds in the Pacific Northwest.
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Ripple Effects
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A reader claims that wholesale power competition makes conservation more valuable than before.
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DSM Revisited
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California sued El Paso for gaming the pipeline. But the blame may lie to the East.
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The Great Gas Grab
Weak Underpinnings, and Wrong Conclusions
Work conducted by Management Consulting Services has consistently found a number of truths about co-op distribution service that counter Douglas Beresford's article on IPOs for rural co-ops.
Bullish for Business
Forced consolidation of RTOs would set transmission owners free to go after profits.
Forced consolidation of RTOs would set transmission owners free to go after profits.
Izzbee, Izz it?
The Energy Industry Standards Board doesn't exist yet, but it's got regulators talking.
More than two years ago, I suggested in this column that regional independent system operators would likely supplant the regional reliability councils as the caretakers of electric system reliability. And that's still possible—if the ISOs move quickly to RTO status, and if the RTOs get cracking right away on adopting uniform business rules. But the FERC may get tired waiting for that to happen.
Taken to the Cleaners
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FERC's California plan needs pressing, to fix blatant gaffes on NOx, demand bids, and megawatt laundering.