Brazil, Mexico Vie for Merchant Plant Dollars
One is closer, and the other hotter, but each banks on market reform to attract U.S. and European investors.
Fortnightly Magazine - April 15 2001
LNG Makes a Comeback
After two dormant decades, the gas that travels in liquid form draws renewed interest, spurred by demand, shortage, and technology.
Byline:
Carl J. Levesque
Assuring Enough Generation: Whose Job and How to Do It
A California failed to fashion proper incentives. Now others may repeat that mistake.
1 "Load-serving entities" are firms that serve retail electricity customers. These firms include utilities and power marketers.
2 See L.D. Kirsch, "ISO Economics: How California Flubbed It on Transmission Pricing", Public Utilities Fortnightly, Oct. 15, 1998, p. 24.
3 See J.E. Bowring and R.E. Gramlich, "The Role of Capacity Obligations in a Restructured Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Electricity Market", Electricity Journal, November 2000, pp. 57-67.
Byline:
Laurence D. Kirsch & Rajesh Rajaraman
Frontlines
How to price energy during a stage 3 alert?
Frontlines
Très Riches Heures
How to price energy during a stage 3 alert?
You know the painting. Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. You probably saw it first in Janson's "History of Art", in a college survey course.
Byline:
Bruce W. Radford
Benchmarks
Benchmarks
Byline:
Christopher D. Seiple and Mike Farina
News Digest
News Digest
Byline:
Docket No. EL01-47-000, Mar. 14, 2001 (F.E.R.C.).-L.A.B
Perspective
I wanted deregulation. But not if we can't do it right.
I wanted deregulation. But not if we can't do it right.
As an economist, I confess I failed to predict the disaster in California. But I wasn't the only one. Anybody who tells you differently is either lying, fooling himself, or guilty of Monday morning quarterbacking.
Byline:
Ken Costello
News Analysis
Last Three states slow down the rush toward electricity competition.
Byline:
Courtney Barry