Nuclear and Coal: Rebirth on the Horizon?

An analysis of the business opportunities behind coal and nuclear plant expansion.


 

An analysis of the business opportunities behind coal and nuclear plant expansion.

Electric power industry trade publications and the popular media have noted a growing interest in the rebirth of both nuclear power and coal-fired generation. These technologies would be a supplement to, or an alternative to, the natural gas fired generation that appears to be the predominant fuel and technology for new power generation facilities in the coming decade.

Demand Response: An Overview of Enabling Technologies

Oak Ridge National Laboratory engineers say residential and commercial customers must bear the true price of power, through new technologies, for electric competition to work.

Demand Response: An Overview of Enabling Technologies


 

Off Peak

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Off Peak

October 15, 2001

Runway Reliability

 

Electricity demands enter security mix at nation's airports.

Perspective

Volatile wholesale market prices have put a damper on retail competition in Pennsylvania. But rate caps are not the answer.

"Both the environment and consumers will benefit in the end if retail electricity prices are allowed to "rise and fall according to market conditions."

Frontlines

Utilities face huge costs of complying with new EPA standards.

Frontlines

The Brink of Ruin?

 

 

Cooperative IPOs: Distinguishing Fact from Fantasy

The fundamental principles of cooperative operation are inherently in conflict with the traditional concept of an IPO.

1. Subordination of capital. Neither interest nor dividends may be paid on invested capital. Cooperatives provide for a return of capital-not a return on capital. Furthermore, neither the amount of patronage nor the amount of investment of a patron can determine such patron's degree of ownership or control of the organization, i.e., there must be patronage-based ownership.