Demand Response: Getting the Prices Right
The rule works in the direction of more regulation to hamper innovation and counteracts incentives the rule creates.
FERC made a mistake in Order 745 and should change the pricing rule.
A Rose By Any Other Name: Response to 'Solar Battle Lines'
Vitriol is to exploit the public’s inclination to favor solar to make utilities pay an exorbitant political price to have policy decided on the merits.
If a solar panel owner can sell at bundled retail rate, while generators are paid LMP, this is discriminatory pricing.
The Future of Retail Electricity Competition in Pennsylvania
Almost all large customers shop, but a majority of small customers remain on utility default service, which is regulated and relatively stable.
Given the polar vortex and data suggesting shopping customers pay more than those on regulated default service, the primary focus should be on consumer protection.
2016 ABB Enterprise Software Customer Conference
Submitted by Joe Paparello on Tue, 2016-03-01 12:20The 2016 Enterprise Software Customer Conference is the premier forum to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, real-world experiences, and common challenges facing our customers today.
Reply to Ahmad Faruqui Re: Time-Varying Rates
A response to Dr. Faruqui’s insights regarding time-varying rates and his commentary on the Fortnightly article, “Action by Choice.”
Our goal is not to maximize participation in time-varying rates, but to maximize the combination of load shifting and customer satisfaction for all.
Response To King-Datta Re: Time-Varying Rates
A response to the article by Chris King and Bonnie Datta in our December 2015 issue.
What is the best way for deploying time-varying rates? It would be best to put aside imaginary fears of customer revolt.
Electricity's Capacity Factor, a Problem?
Electric infrastructure is used half the time on average. Is this a problem requiring rapid radical reform?
Some of you take the subway to work. What’s the capacity factor of the subway system? Our electric grid provides enormous value to its customers, with a combination of infrastructure and workforces with varying capacity factors.
PUF’s March Madness, A Preview
A tiny peek at the new March issue, its 72 pages of articles, columns, cartoons, photography, puzzles, perspectives on our past
March Birthdays
Gustav Kirchhoff, who you can blame for the miserable complexity of electrical transmission and distribution systems, was born on March 12. Kirchoff's collaborator, in finding two of the 118 elements, was Robert Bunsen. That's right, he's the one that invented the mainstay of chem labs since, the Bunsen burner.
January CPI: How Far Have Electric Prices Fallen Regionally?
In last year, electric prices fell 6.2% in the northeast (9.9% in Boston area, 11% in NY area) and 3.5% in the south (9.5% in Houston area, 8.7% in Dallas area)
On Friday, the Consumer Price Index for January was announced. Yesterday's column analyzed this ultimate measure of consumer prices, for all goods and services, and then electric and natural gas service specifically. Pretty interesting.
But the numbers were averaged for the country as a whole. Today's column will look at the indices for regions and metro areas.