News Digest
News Digest
PUCs have yet to factor in higher risk for deregulation
PUCs have yet to factor in higher risk for deregulation.
(December, 2000) Here are the results of our annual survey of authorized rates of return on common equity (ROE) for state-regulated energy utilities. This year's survey covers ROE determinations by state regulatory commissions during the period Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30, 2000.
Out of Touch With Consumers? The Regulators Give Their Side
Interviews with utility commissioners and consumer advocates in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
"It's disappointing that the wholesale prices are as high as they are. All the parties expected prices to be significantly lower."
Alliance Gas Pipeline: Early, Late, or Just in Time?
A story of big gambles, big assumptions, and spark spreads now turned upside down.
Fossil Fuels and Energy Policy: Understanding the New Natural Gas Economy
How gas supply and price disruptions now outweigh oil imports as the nation's real energy problem.
Frontlines
Frontlines
Battle of Dunkirk
Utilities rush to save their last tenuous hold over the power plants they so smugly sold off.
People
Benchmarks
News Digest
News Digest
Off Peak
Off Peak
November 15, 2000
Rx for IOUs: Slim Down
To an industry whose mantra of late has been "diversify and conquer," a prominent utilities consultant has some startling advice: Slim down and focus on your core strengths.