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Dynegy says California ISO grants sweetheart deals to out-of-state plants.
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Dynegy's David Francis, vice president for western power trading, testified on Dec. 21 on why he thought the ISO was bending the rules:
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Compassionate Competition?
With its own private power grid, Texas thinks it's got restructuring licked.
With its own private power grid, Texas thinks it's got restructuring licked.
Service to the 9's? Power Quality in a Tech-Wreck World
Why it's just as important for the old economy.
Why it's just as important for the old economy.
Mention "power quality" and the mind conjures up visions of tech hotels stuffed with Internet servers running 24/7, retrofitted into inner city industrial warehouses-buildings sturdy enough to forgive the heavy installation of custom power supply equipment and racks of batteries. Or perhaps Silicon Valley.
Distributed Generation: Doomed by Deployment Details?
The industry makes strides, but messy issues like air quality and building codes could be showstoppers.
Surviving and Thriving in the RTO Revolution
How to design tariffs to improve reliability and attract merchant generation.
1 A representation of a generic interconnection, with thermal, hydro, and nuclear generation sharing a grid with a winter peaking load.
2 , 93 FERC 61,294, Dec. 15, 2000.
3 For a survey of methods, see J.W. Marangon Lima "Allocation of Transmission Fixed Charges: An Overview,", Vol. 11, No. 3, 1996.
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Perspective
Why rural electric cooperatives should test the equity markets.
Why rural electric cooperatives should test the equity markets.