From Pipeline to Turbine: Policy and Myths on Shipping Gas for Electric Generation
How the FERC is bending over backwards to OK new gas services for power producers.
Law & Lawyers
Electric Executives' Forum - Summer 2001: Are You Ready?
Demand-side programs are all the rage as utilities scramble to find power to serve peak loads.
Electric Executives' Forum
Summer 2001: Are You Ready?
Demand-side programs are all the rage as utilities scramble to find power to serve peak loads.
Be prepared. Power interruptions are not necessarily expected -nevertheless, be prepared-but by God, line up all the weapons you can to prevent blackouts in the first place.
News Digest
News Digest
Perspective
The argument is clever but not really symmetrical.
1. the incumbent utility companies should not have been promised an opportunity to recover the costs that everybody thought would be stranded by deregulation (he obviously includes himself among the "soreheads" who opposed the idea, insisting that "these behemoths should be treated just like everyone else who made investments that didn't pan out");
News Analysis
East Coast prices bear an eerie resemblance to California of last spring, but pay no mind, say experts.
News Analysis
Off Peak
The city utility in Vernon, California thought it had bought plenty of power, but then got blacked out anyway.
Off Peak
June 1, 2001
Dear ISO: Why Me?
The city utility in Vernon, California thought it had bought plenty of power, but then got blacked out anyway.
March 19, 2001
Dear Mr. Winter:
Spread the Job of Cleaning the Air
The California Crisis: Another Take
We’ve been dumping the cost on utilities, but ground is shifting.
Bush Energy Plan Takes the High Road
News Analysis
President Bush's national energy policy offers no relief for summer, giving Democrats a bone to pick.
Forget Black Gold or Texas Tea …
From Malibu to Beverly Hills, they all want a personal generator.
While it may not be the end-all, fix-all solution for the California energy crunch, many individuals have found that the use of personal generators is definitely worthwhile, particularly when it comes to keeping cool.
IPOs for Rural Co-ops: Why and How to Set Up the Deal
Equity is the essential currency.
$15 billion in patronage capital lies fallow, locked up in member-owned cooperatives with no way to participate in equity markets. That’s how the S&Ls looked 20 years ago, before they saw the light.