Off Peak
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Off Peak
October 15, 2001
Runway Reliability
Electricity demands enter security mix at nation's airports.
Law & Lawyers
Inside the IT Nerve Center
Managing information technology at the ISO, the trading platform, and two merging utilities.
"What the electricity market needs is a forward market with an ability to vary price and volume on an hour-by-hour basis."
Cooperative IPOs: Distinguishing Fact from Fantasy
The fundamental principles of cooperative operation are inherently in conflict with the traditional concept of an IPO.
1. Subordination of capital. Neither interest nor dividends may be paid on invested capital. Cooperatives provide for a return of capital-not a return on capital. Furthermore, neither the amount of patronage nor the amount of investment of a patron can determine such patron's degree of ownership or control of the organization, i.e., there must be patronage-based ownership.
Declaring Emergencies in California: The Realities of ISO Operation
An independent system operator's view on the energy crisis and the realities of maintaining reliability.
Declaring Emergencies in California: The Realities of ISO Operation
Frontlines
Utilities face huge costs of complying with new EPA standards.
Frontlines
The Brink of Ruin?
How Soon is Now?
Looking for Fuel Cell Technology's Future.
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Demand Response: An Overview of Enabling Technologies
Oak Ridge National Laboratory engineers say residential and commercial customers must bear the true price of power, through new technologies, for electric competition to work.
Demand Response: An Overview of Enabling Technologies
Nuclear and Coal: Rebirth on the Horizon?
An analysis of the business opportunities behind coal and nuclear plant expansion.
An analysis of the business opportunities behind coal and nuclear plant expansion.
Electric power industry trade publications and the popular media have noted a growing interest in the rebirth of both nuclear power and coal-fired generation. These technologies would be a supplement to, or an alternative to, the natural gas fired generation that appears to be the predominant fuel and technology for new power generation facilities in the coming decade.
Frontlines
Enron holds court on electric restructuring, exposing deep industry divisions and the polarization of views.
Frontlines
An Invitation From Ken Lay