News Digest
Dynegy says California ISO grants sweetheart deals to out-of-state plants.
Law & Lawyers
News Analysis
When California cries "wolf," will its neighbors cower like sheep?
1 ISO terminology is complex and often misleading. A Stage 1 emergency occurs when the ISO does not meet its own reserve criteria. Stage 2 occurs when it cannot meet a 5 percent reserve margin. A Stage 3 takes place when it cannot meet at 1.5 percent reserve margin. An ISO emergency can take place even when local resources are available-so long as they have not been bid into its daily reserve purchasing.
From Fuel Cells to a Hydrogen-based Economy
How vehicle design is crucial to a new energy infrastructure.
1 For example, a 1992 A.D. Little study estimated that a from-scratch bulk hydrogen supply infrastructure sufficient for 25 million cars would require about $95 billion of investment, or $3,800 per car. This antiquated result is still being quoted, e.g. in the Epyx article in the December 1998 (Derby 1998).
2 e.g., Lomax et al. 1997.
Off Peak
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Off Peak
February 15, 2001
Deregulation 101
California high school students put their education to work.
Jan. 11, 2001
Dear Secretary of Energy Richardson:
New Analysis
The ISO forges ahead, with or without its members.
News Analysis
Benchmarks
Customer-side electricity demand reduction could stem rising power prices.
Jules Verne's Grid?
With undersea cable linking Canada to Manhattan, Project Neptune could remake the transmission biz.
With undersea cable linking Canada to Manhattan, Project Neptune could remake the transmission biz.
California Dreaming: Will FERC's Plan Work?
And even if it does, it probably won't.
1 Staff Report to the Federal Energy Commission on Western Markets and the Causes of the Summer 2000 Price AbnormalitiesPart 1, Nov. 1, 2000 (Staff Report), p. 6-1.
2 Order Directing Remedies For California Wholesale Electric Markets, . Note that while FERC recognizes that siting matters and retail demand response programs reside within exclusive state jurisdiction, FERC urges state officials to take certain actions in these areas.
PG&E's Hydro Workout: Can This Deal Be Saved?
For the utility, wresting its assets from PUC control is the real point.
For the utility, wresting its assets from PUC control is the real point.
Gas & Electric Co.'s 17-month-old proposal to divest its hydro assets via auction likely is dead, a casualty of California's ongoing energy market turmoil. Despite this reality, the utility's auction proposal remained active at the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) as of press time in mid-January, even as the governor and state legislature held emergency meetings amid rolling blackouts.