Boom and Bust? Understanding the Power Plant Construction Cycle
Rising energy demand could spur investment in waves, but a fixed capacity charge might flatten the curve.<b> </b>
Mexico, Cuba: Next Hot Spots for Energy?
Both look overseas for project developers, but some U.S. firms worry they'll miss out.
Frontlines
<b>Never before have investors known less about what their company is up to. </b>
Frontlines
What's a Utility?
Never before have investors known less about what their company is up to.
How many different types of "utility" companies can you name? Which ones would you trust the most to double or triple your investment nest egg? Which ones make you nervous?
People
Benchmarks
News Analysis
<b>Methods vary, notes one analyst, but are they barking up the wrong tree?</b>
News Analysis
Electric Shopping Credits: In Search of an Apples- to-Apples Comparison
Off Peak
Didn't Congress fix this problem a decade ago?
Off Peak
July 15, 2000
Gas Price Pains
By Regina R. Johnson
Didn't Congress fix this problem a decade ago?
Then:
Powerline Telecommunications: Mission Impossible?
PLT: History of Developments and Debacles
PLT could allow energy companies to provide Internet, voice, and data via the grid, but technological hurdles and fierce competition remain obstacles.
Pricing Reform for the Local Disco: Setting Rates That Will Support Distributed Generation
<b>The Proposed Distribution Tariff </b>
How to replace the bundled utility tariff with a rational design for access, throughput, and congestion.
Redundant Restructuring: How the Dual-Retailer Model Makes Electric Markets Too Complex
A call for utilities to leave the marketing business.
Many of us on the front lines can identify with Stanley Klein's observation that, in terms of its implementation, the restructuring of the electric power industry is "fundamentally an information technology event."1