News Analysis
But offers no relief for summer-giving Democrats a bone to pick.
News Analysis
DG
Money, Power and Trade: What You Never Knew About the Western Energy Crisis
Fortnightly
Fortnightly
PG&E's Hydro Workout: Can This Deal Be Saved?
For the utility, wresting its assets from PUC control is the real point.
For the utility, wresting its assets from PUC control is the real point.
Gas & Electric Co.'s 17-month-old proposal to divest its hydro assets via auction likely is dead, a casualty of California's ongoing energy market turmoil. Despite this reality, the utility's auction proposal remained active at the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) as of press time in mid-January, even as the governor and state legislature held emergency meetings amid rolling blackouts.
Compassionate Competition?
With its own private power grid, Texas thinks it's got restructuring licked.
With its own private power grid, Texas thinks it's got restructuring licked.
Service to the 9's? Power Quality in a Tech-Wreck World
Why it's just as important for the old economy.
Why it's just as important for the old economy.
Mention "power quality" and the mind conjures up visions of tech hotels stuffed with Internet servers running 24/7, retrofitted into inner city industrial warehouses-buildings sturdy enough to forgive the heavy installation of custom power supply equipment and racks of batteries. Or perhaps Silicon Valley.
Distributed Generation: Doomed by Deployment Details?
The industry makes strides, but messy issues like air quality and building codes could be showstoppers.
News Digest
News Digest
The Venture Financiers: Still Bullish on Energy?
Their numbers remain small, but investors in energy technology say California's energy crisis this summer may be a boon.
News Digest
News Digest
News Digest
News Digest
State PUCs
Restructuring Plans. The Ohio PUC denied rehearing of its restructuring order for FirstEnergy issued two months earlier, rejecting arguments by all petitioners-utility, marketers, and consumer watchdog groups.