Benchmarks
California must address its transmission problems, particularly Path 15.
Crisis Aftermath: Piecing Western Markets Together
Law & Lawyers
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?
Technology Corridor
Utilities and vendors take a hard look at online procurement.
Mining Gold From The Supply Chain
Utilities and vendors take a hard look at online procurement.
Feel like saving your company $50 million? That's the question Joseph Zelechoski, director of supply chain at PPL, has for those who haven't tried online supply chain management.
Off Peak
<i>Fortnightly</i> looks back at 2002's Golden Executive Parachutes. We wish them good luck on the golf course.
Giving Up the Corner Office
looks back at 2002's Golden Executive Parachutes. We wish them good luck on the golf course.
Doing It Without Chuck (who made do with a $33 million severance package)
"The real leaders are those that figure out how to get things done beyond what they could get done themselves."
Green With Envy: Rationalization and a $7.6 million severance package
Regulation No. 226: Perestroika for Russian Energy Investment
The Federal Energy Commission of Russia is set to restructure the country's energy rules and make opportunities for investment attractive.
The Federal Energy Commission of Russia is set to restructure the country's energy rules and make opportunities for investment attractive.
Potential investors in Russian energy will be particularly interested in Regulation 226, "On Price Formation Regarding Electric and Heat Energy." Enacted on April 2, 2002, this regulation, if implemented as fully presented, provides an attractive basis for the balance of interests between investors and consumers of Russian electricity called for by Federal Energy Commission of Russia (FEC) Chairman Geor
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.
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
Commission Watch
FERC looks ahead to the new year as it wraps up loose ends from 2002.
FERC: SMD/Grid Issues Lead 2003 Agenda
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.