Off Peak
Now you can buy a 20-MW gas turbine without ever leaving your desk.<b> </b>
Off Peak
September 1, 2001
Online Shopping
Now you can buy a 20-MW gas turbine without ever leaving your desk.
Law & Lawyers
Neptune and the Northeast
What a merchant transmission line <br> could bring to the table<font color="000066" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.
Neptune and the Northeast
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
Frontlines
A reader claims that wholesale power competition makes conservation more valuable than before.
Frontlines
DSM Revisited
Give the British credit, but what about us?
Benchmarks
Benchmarks
Off Peak
The El Paso case just won't quit.<b> </b>
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.
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."
Natural Gas Hedging: A Primer for Utilities and Regulators
What commissions need to learn. <br>What LDCs should already know.
Natural Gas Hedging: A Primer for Utilities and Regulators
What commissions need to learn.
What LDCs should already know.The facts are now in. If utilities had hedged their natural gas purchases during the 1990s, they could have earned windfalls for those they serve, given the wild price gyrations of the past decade (). Yet few if any households or businesses saw any windfall, because few utilities were engaged in futures and other derivatives markets.