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Neptune and the Northeast

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Neptune and the Northeast



 

Frontlines

Forced consolidation of RTOs would set transmission owners free to go after profits.

Frontlines

Bullish for Business

 

 

News Digest (July 15, 2001)

Compiled June 21, 2001 by Bruce W. Radford, editor-in-chief, from contributions as noted from Carl J. Levesque, associate editor, and Phillip S. Cross and Lori A. Burkhart, contributing legal editors.

Izzbee, Izz it?

The Energy Industry Standards Board doesn't exist yet, but it's got regulators talking.

More than two years ago, I suggested in this column that regional independent system operators would likely supplant the regional reliability councils as the caretakers of electric system reliability. And that's still possible—if the ISOs move quickly to RTO status, and if the RTOs get cracking right away on adopting uniform business rules. But the FERC may get tired waiting for that to happen.

Frontlines

Gas pipelines compete against electric transmission lines. And the pipes are winning.

Frontlines

The Grid Is Dead