Gas Crisis Forum: Prices Pointing Skyward!
Gas prices are likely to remain high in the near term.
AGA
Gas Pipelines Do the Safety Dance
The industry responds to FERC's new safety regulations.
The industry responds to FERC's new safety regulations.
Utility companies are scrambling to understand and comply with the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, which became law in December 2002. According to Daphne Magnuson, director of public relations at the American Gas Association (AGA), the act will require member companies to make significant changes during the next 10 years in how they operate.
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The Association of Edison Illuminating Cos. (AEIC) elected new officers. Thomas Shockley III, vice chairman and chief operating officer of American Electric Power, was elected president of AEIC. Elected as first vice president was Peter Burg, chairman and CEO of FirstEnergy. Richard Grigg, president and COO of We Energies, was elected second vice president.
Off Peak
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Off Peak
September 15 , 2002
Utility Risk Programs: Success or Failure?
State public service commissions are insisting that utilities adopt risk management programs, and are allowing less pass-through for those that don't.
A well-known economist analyzes how well U.S. utilities performed in their risk management programs during 2001/2002.
Digital Terrorism: Holes in the Firewall?
Plugging cyber security holes isn't as easy as everyone wants to think.
Experts show that utilities will have to do more than just post guards around power plants to protect against terrorist attacks.
The High-Stakes Storage Gamble
AGA decision to shut in storage survey rattles energy markets.
News Analysis
But offers no relief for summer-giving Democrats a bone to pick.
News Analysis
Has the electric industry got lawmakers in its back pocket, or are charges of bias just smoke?
People
Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson has selected Daniel M. Adamson as deputy assistant secretary for utility technologies, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Adamson had served as special assistant, Office of the Secretary since 1994.