Frontlines
California sued El Paso for gaming the pipeline. But the blame may lie to the East.
Frontlines
The Great Gas Grab
Stringing Transmission Lines, Untangling Red Tape
Centralized federal oversight sounds good, but what about squabbles between separate federal agencies?
Northeast Power Markets: The Argument for a Unified Grid
How different regional protocols distort power prices and flows among New York, New England, and PJM.
Introduction: How an efficient re-dispatch of transactions between ISOs would save close to a half billion dollars each year, arguing for regional consolidation, as urged by the FERC.
Sweating the Deadline: What Consolidation Means for Traders and Vendors
Interviews with software middlemen.
Interviews with software middlemen.
Lawrence Oliva
Partner, Utility Practice Group
Andersen
Don't Rush the Seamstress: Second Thoughts on the Marriage of the Northeast Grids
Why a standard design in each ISO is no guarantee of regional coordination.
By Marija Ilic and Leonard Hyman
Why a standard design in each ISO is no guarantee of regional coordination.
How do you complete an efficient transaction that requires the cooperation of two or more markets when each is operated independently of the other?
XML—Lingua Franca of Energy Commerce
A case study from Maryland on electric restructuring.
Real-Time Metering: Still as Sweet with Prices Controlled?
California lawmakers grant $35 million in funding, but some say the project has lost its soul.
Off Peak
Reliant comes clean on profits, says California picked its own pocket.<b> </b>
Off Peak
August 1, 2001
Larceny Debunked
News Analysis
New England puts a price on electric reliability, but some say the charge looks more like a tax.
News Analysis
New England puts a price on electric reliability, but some say the charge looks more like a tax.
Does ICAP qualify as a true commercial product, traded on its own merit with a tangible value for customers?