Business & Money
Energy experts debate the pros and cons of the Bush administration's proposal to eliminate the double taxation of dividends.
Double Taxation Repeal: Fire or Ice?
Law & Lawyers
Benchmarks
California must address its transmission problems, particularly Path 15.
Crisis Aftermath: Piecing Western Markets Together
Perspective
An analyst looks at prospects for emerging power technologies in light of the recent turmoil over deregulation.
Goodbye to All That?
Commission Watch
State regulators redouble their deregulation efforts-or abandon them altogether.
Retail Energy in 2002: A Regulatory About-face
State regulators redouble their deregulation efforts-or abandon them altogether.
The past year was a phenomenal one for state public utility regulators.
A historical confluence of events, including the catastrophic failure of the move to deregulate California electric markets and a nationwide epidemic of corporate financial scandals, led in large part by energy trading firms, helps to explain the developments.
Competition Lost
U.S. companies' international strategies turn sour, as Europe faces a future with an oligopoly of power companies.
U.S. companies' international strategies turn sour, as Europe faces a future with an oligopoly of power companies.
While the European Union is pushing to give all industrial and commercial customers electric choice by 2004, giant incumbent European utilities are increasingly dominating power markets across Europe and the United Kingdom.
Business & Money
A top investor explains what it would take for utilities to be included in one of the best-performing funds in the U.S.
Measuring Up to Jensen
A top investor explains what it would take for utilities to be included in one of the best-performing funds in the U.S.
Passing the standards for inclusion in the $1 billion plus Jensen Portfolio Fund is like being crowned the best-of-the-best in a given industry, analysts say.
Perspective
Ontario's government has imposed substantial burdens on customers, with no benefits.
On the Brink: Avoiding a Canadian California
Ontario's government has imposed substantial burdens on customers, with no benefits.
On a recent trip through Toronto's Pearson International Airport, I was stopped by an immigration official who, upon learning my business, snapped, "Why would anyone hire a Yank to advise on the Ontario electricity sector?"
Commission Watch
FERC looks ahead to the new year as it wraps up loose ends from 2002.
FERC: SMD/Grid Issues Lead 2003 Agenda
Investment in Russia: Super Power Opportunities
The Russian power sector is priming itself for outside financial and infrastructure investment. By Branko Terzic and James Balaschak
The Russian power sector is priming itself for outside financial and infrastructure investment. By Branko Terzic and James Balaschak
Prospects for the successful development of the Russian power sector in the next 20 years will depend on the inflow of private investment into the industry. The crucial task, as clearly understood by both the Russian government and the management of the major power companies, is how to significantly raise the attractiveness of the industry to private investors.
Technology Corridor
Can utilities make a credible play for power line communications?
It's Now or Never for Power Line Broadband