Benchmarks
The federal production tax credit and renewable portfolio standards interact in interesting ways.
Commission Watch
Price controls turn upside-down in New England.
Business & Money
A new survey produces some surprising responses about investor attitudes.
Technology Corridor
Vegetation that helps break down toxins debuts at manufactured gas plant site.
Vegetation that helps break down toxins debuts at manufactured gas plant site.
Planting swaths of rye grass and mulberry trees and sowing the soil with bacteria are hardly standard operating procedure when it comes to cleaning up manufactured gas plant sites. But if Bill Bogan has his way, it just might be.
Off Peak
Where ex utility CEOs lurk and spill their guts.
Will the Hydrogen Economy Take Off?
Hydrogen is hot, but whether it really will fly is another story.
Fueling the Hydrogen Economy: Energy Independence Now
Environmentally benign technologies can meet the president's hydrogen plan.
Predicting California Deman Response
How do customers react to hourly prices?
How do customers react to hourly prices?
As California embarks on a Statewide Pricing Pilot (SPP) for residential and small commercial (200 kW) customers, policymakers and participants in the proceedings are asking several questions:
California Experiment: Dynamic Pricing for the Mass Market
Will the state launch a full-scale rollout of dynamic tariffs?
Will the state launch a full-scale rollout of dynamic tariffs?
A pilot program in California is putting dynamic pricing and advanced metering to the test.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a Statewide Pricing Pilot (SPP) in March,1 at a cost of approximately $10 million, including metering, project planning, management, evaluation, and concurrent market research on non-pilot participants focused on customer preferences for rate options.2
The SPP has the following objectives:
Frontlines
The United States must turn overseas for natural gas supplies, in spite of worries about energy independence.