Law & Lawyers
Reversal of Fortune? Wall Street Rethinks Merchant Power
Analysts ask why stocks plunged, even as earnings grew - for generators as well as utilities.
"Manufacturing companies locate around the world. You're seeing the same situation in the power business."
Off Peak
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Off Peak
September 15, 2001
Let's Play "Spin the Pipeline"
The El Paso case just won't quit.
It began over a year ago, on April 4, 2000. That's when California accused El Paso Natural Gas Co. of manipulating capacity rights on its natural gas pipeline by auctioning them off to its own affiliate, El Paso Merchant Energy.
Benchmarks
Benchmarks
Give the British credit, but what about us?
Frontlines
A reader claims that wholesale power competition makes conservation more valuable than before.
Frontlines
DSM Revisited
After the Shakeout: Another Look at the Georgia Gas Market
Five suppliers are left. But that works when the utility gets out of the supply business.
After the Shakeout: Another Look at the Georgia Gas Market
Neptune and the Northeast
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Neptune and the Northeast
Gas Price Prudence: From Hedge-and-Hope to Best Practice
Utilities and regulators should follow the same ideas that govern risk management at the largest of commodity trading houses.
Gas Price Prudence: From Hedge-and-Hope to Best Practice
Utilities and regulators should follow the same ideas that govern risk management at the largest of commodity trading houses.
The July 5, 2001 issue of offered an update on what utilities and regulators are doing in the area of commodity price hedging for natural gas.
The headline read, "Dominion East Ohio Sales Customers Will Pay 29% Less in Gas Costs under PUCO-Led Encouragement of Hedging Plan...."