A response to the ‘Following FERC’ column by Bruce Radford in our April 2016 issue.
Organized markets will ensure the optimal number of bulbs are screwed in, at the marginal cost of bulb screwing.
How many utility commissioners does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Five. A problem for three-person commissions. Three commissioners to hear testimony on whether changing the bulb is in the public interest. One more commissioner to direct staff to write the decision and order, to screw it in. And a fifth commissioner to hear appeals, as to whether screwing it in is actually least cost.
How many utility rate managers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Nuclear, a drain on our ability to deal with climate solutions, energy needs.
The anti-growth, anti-people extremists who started the anti-nuclear movement were wrong.
Trying to fix mandatory capacity markets like trying to win whack-a-mole, Part I
The monopoly utility model was once expansive and revolutionary. Now, it is contracting and preservationist.
With apologies to Dr. Seuss.
Issue brief being released this summer.
Lions and luminaries who led the changes in utilities.
Owning gas reserves benefits consumers?