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?
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
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.
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.
Off Peak
Energy scandals have made the industry the target of CBS prime-time morality soap operas and a movie.
As the Megawatt Turns
Energy scandals have made the industry the target of CBS prime-time morality soap operas and a movie.
One can only guess which energy company CBS-TV's "Touched by an Angel" was thinking of when it featured the character David Satterfield, an executive at "Dyna Energy." And the CBS movie, "The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth about Enron," left no doubt about which company was being thought of.
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
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?"
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.