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Generation Reserves: The Grid Security Question
A cost-benefit study shows the value of adding synchronized generating reserves to prevent blackouts on the scale of Aug.14.
A study reveals how increasing the availability and flexibility of generation resources is cheaper than adding transmission.
Trading Spaces? Will CFTC Move Into FERC's House?
Will the CFTC move Into FERC's house?
As the law is written, PJM looks like a commodity futures exchange.
The Utility Sector: A Wall Street Takeover?
Financial players bring credit depth to energy markets, but will they play by the rules?
The center of gravity for energy marketing and trading is moving from Houston to Wall Street. Who’s in, who’s out, and who’s testing the waters?
Commission Watch: Grid Battle Is Joined
FERC's AEP ruling begs the question: Can the feds bypass states that block transmission reform?
A recent ruling puts the question squarely on the table: Can FERC overturn orders issued by the state public utility commissions that otherwise would stand in the way of its vision of regional transmission organizations with a standard market design?
Reliability and Markets: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Locational pricing makes the network secure, since the utilities and other market participants get 'paid' to monitor the grid.
LMP enhances reliability in a manner that no penalty regime can achieve.
Letter to the Editor
The Kentucky PSC Chair takes issue with Richard Stavros' "AEP's Gutsy Gambit," Frontlines, November 2003.
FERC Throws Down The Gauntlet
The legal battle of the century is ready to begin.
A FERC order late last year — that AEP must join the PJM grid to meet conditions of its 2000 merger with Central and Southwest Corp. — was tantamount to a declaration of war with state regulators. At the center of the issue is whether FERC has authority to pre-empt the states on development of regional transmission organizations.
Technology Corridor
Experts say utilities are pushing transmission systems to unsafe limits.
Experts say utilities are pushing transmission systems to unsafe limits. Does the Aug. 14 blackout support that argument?
New Nuclear Construction: Still on Hold
A number of factors point to expanded nuclear generation. But when?
Skeptics believe investors will continue to shy away from nuclear in the coming decades, but conditions are changing, with several factors pointing to expanded nuclear generation.