The Grid Is Dead
Gas pipelines compete against electric transmission lines. And the pipes are winning.
Years from now, we'll look back on the power crisis as the beginning of the end of electric transmission.
Fortnightly Magazine - June 15 2001
People
Florida Water recently named four new senior executive vice presidents, plus news from the Independent Power Producers of New York, The Northwest Power Pool, and others.
Coal: No Longer a Dirty Word?
Benchmarks
It appears that coal will continue to play a role in meeting the need for new generating capacity in the U.S. Used in the proper context, perhaps coal does not have to be a "four-letter" word.
Spread the Job of Cleaning the Air
The California Crisis: Another Take
We’ve been dumping the cost on utilities, but ground is shifting.
Saving California with Distributed Generation
A crash program to use small, standby diesel generators to keep the lights on.
Fire up all the small, diesel-powered emergency generating units already installed on site in California. It would erase the power shortage, but it won’t happen without changing the way we think about unit dispatch.
IPOs for Rural Co-ops: Why and How to Set Up the Deal
Equity is the essential currency.
$15 billion in patronage capital lies fallow, locked up in member-owned cooperatives with no way to participate in equity markets. That’s how the S&Ls looked 20 years ago, before they saw the light.
Alternative Energy: Synthetic Fuels Make a Move
The economics — and the environment — are now right to turn coal and coke into gas.
With rising power and gas prices, coal gasification in back in fashion, along with new approaches to cogeneration and combined heat and power.
Bush Energy Plan Takes the High Road
News Analysis
President Bush's national energy policy offers no relief for summer, giving Democrats a bone to pick.
Forget Black Gold or Texas Tea …
From Malibu to Beverly Hills, they all want a personal generator.
While it may not be the end-all, fix-all solution for the California energy crunch, many individuals have found that the use of personal generators is definitely worthwhile, particularly when it comes to keeping cool.