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Perspective
Ten ways to fix the mess in electric restructuring.
NYPA's CEO clarifies details of the Power Authority's auction of nukes to Entergy.
NYPA's CEO clarifies details of the Power Authority's auction of nukes to Entergy.
Several comments are in order concerning the analysis by Dan Donoghue and David Haarmeyer of the pending sale of the New York Power Authority's Indian Point 3 and James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plants to Entergy Corp. (, June 15, 2000, p. 90).
Off Peak
Oracle's energy director tells Congress how new-economy firms are taking reliability concerns into their own hands.
Off Peak
November 1, 2000
Customers Move On
Oracle's energy director tells Congress how new-economy firms are taking reliability concerns into their own hands.
Distributed Generation: Setting a Fair Price in the Distribution Tariff
1 Some utilities may question this concept. San Diego Gas & Electric argued in California's DG investigation that distributed generation does not always lead to a reduction in distribution plant investment, and that any investment savings is not kilowatt for kilowatt. And the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has taken a more extreme position, allowing a utility to charge a fee for distributed generators delivering electricity into the distribution grid.
Risk Management: Where Utilities Still Fear to Tread
Experts debate the value of hedging for an industry built on passing costs down the line
A Eulogy for RTOs—Interregional is Better
Thoughts on the eve of FERC's filing deadline for regional transmission organizations.
1 Ilic, Zaborszky, "Dynamics and Control of Large Electric Power Systems," John Wiley & Sons, 2000 (800 page text).
2 Ilic, Arce, Yoon, Fumagali, "Assessing Reliability Under Open Access," to be published in The Electricity Journal, December 2000.
3 For more information, please contact the author and/or the MIT Technology Licensing Office, making reference to MIT Case # 9062.
Frontlines
DC power makes a comeback in this vision of neighborhood grids and fuel cells on wheels.
Frontlines
Engineers Have Their Day