America's Canadian Problem
U.S.-Canada electricity trade is shrinking, and some American companies may be left without their megawatts for the summer.
Fortnightly Magazine - April 15 2003
LNG Moves In On Western Markets
What are the potential market impacts of LNG importation in the Western United States?
What are the potential market impacts of LNG importation in the Western United States?
Significant interest in the development of on-shore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facilities in the Western United States has emerged in the past several years. This interest has been spurred by the dramatic increases forecast for new merchant generation in the Southwest, and particularly California.
Byline:
Andrew Rea, Jonathan Jacobs, and Mike Marelli
PUHCA Companies: Caught By Superfund
An analysis of holding company liability under federal Superfund and parallel state laws.
An analysis of holding company liability under federal Superfund and parallel state laws.
Environmental cleanup to meet federal and state requirements carries substantial costs that tend to rest disproportionately on public utilities. Looking back at their corporate history, a few utilities have discovered some unique tools to reduce this economic burden.
Byline:
Kenneth R. Myers, Esq.
The LMP Model: Bottlenecking Merchant Transmission
Locational marginal pricing has not been adequate in providing transmission expansion incentives. Others are needed.
Byline:
Kevin B. Jones, Ph.D., David Clarke, and James Parmelee
Frontlines
Merchant plants snub the market, using native load to create their own private rate base.
Byline:
Bruce W. Radford
People
Confirmed:
Confirmed:
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, by an 18-2 vote, approved Joseph T. Kelliher's nomination to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Kelliher's approval follows his second nomination by President Bush. Bush also nominated New Mexico attorney Suedeen G. Kelly to fill the remainder of a five-year term expiring June 30, 2004.
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Letter to the Editor
Unsurprising Apathy
To the Editor:
I would like to respond to some of the issues raised in March 1, 2003, "Gas Executives' Forum." While it is admirable that executives featured in this issue, such as Bruce C. Klink, Dominion East Ohio's vice-president of regulation and pricing, and Isaac Blythers, president of Atlanta Gas Light Co., have begun making strides and meeting many of the obstacles of gas deregulation, the reality is that the success of gas choice programs continues to be mixed.
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Perspective
Flexibility is key as FERC moves toward a final rule.
Flexibility is key as FERC moves toward a final rule.
Since the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its vision last July to standardize the rules governing U.S. bulk power markets, the nation's reaction to this standard market design (SMD) could safely be called swift and fervent.
Byline:
James Fama
Benchmarks
Three keys to heighten customer interest.
Three keys to heighten customer interest.
A recently completed analysis of innovative ratemaking in the electric utility industry by Platts Re-search & Consulting found a handful of customer-centric utilities expermenting with novel innovations in ratemaking, although most continue to miss the boat on this form of product differentiation.
Byline:
Nathan Adams
Commission Watch
FERC faces a growing chorus of rebellion on earnings incentives.
FERC faces a growing chorus of rebellion on earnings incentives.
"If I may say, today, we the states are the chosen ones." That was Virginia utility commissioner Hullihen ("Hulli") W. Moore, speaking on the phone in January with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Pat Wood and other federal and state regulators, trying to untangle the business of transmission reform.
Byline:
Phillip S. Cross and Bruce W. Radford