Energy Retailing: Setting a Standard Offer for Every Season
Sending Price Signals, Without Illegal Tying
For deregulation to work, consumers must see the real price-- including all utility costs.
The Standard Offer: State-by-State Evolution
<b>Massachusetts: Moving to Market Prices</b>
A look at the various approaches regulators have taken to pricing energy in competitive markets, and how some are rethinking those plans.
Frontlines
<b>Beware the transmission operator that is truly "independent." </b>
Frontlines
Price Cap Follies
People
News Digest
News Digest
Competition that causes gas transport facilities to be duplicated is ineffective, argues a reader.
Off Peak
What the digital signature law left unresolved could impede energy marketers' plans for widespread electronic signups.
Off Peak
August 2000
E-Sign: Messier Than Ink?
By Regina R. Johnson
East vs. West: Comparing Electric Markets in California and PJM
While neither is perfect, the former has done better than its critics would admit.
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.