Weather on the Buy Side: A Technical Overview
How energy companies can hedge against the weather.
An in-depth analysis of how weather impacts energy companies’ bottom line.
The Perils of Ignoring Mother Nature
Experts say utilities' inconsistent approach to weather risk is costing them dearly.
Since their creation, energy companies have been powerless to defend themselves against the weather’s financial impact on business. No longer. An overview of what weather risk management has achieved.
Talking with Trans-Elect's Bernie Schroeder
His company, he admits, is all about cherry picking.
We wanted to learn the latest on who’s buying, selling and churning assets in the transmission world. Trans-Elect president and COO Bernie Schroeder did not disappoint.
RTOs: The Billion Dollar Advantage
ICF study shows the national benefits of RTOs are too large to be ignored.
Sixty billion dollars in benefits. Less than $6 billion in costs. In any business, those numbers mean just one thing: you've got a winner.
People (May 1, 2002)
Carol A. Isles is vice president and controller for CMS Energy Corp.'s natural gas pipeline unit, CMS Gas Transmission Co. The California ISO has named a new market surveillance committee. Dennis L. Haider, president of WBI Energy Services Inc., has been named executive vice president of business development and strategic planning for Utility Services Inc. and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. And others ...
Indecent Disclosure?
Most pan FERC NOPR, but gas association eyes FERC role.
Citing overlap with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the power industry has largely panned FERC’s proposals to require greater disclosure on financial instruments and derivatives.
20/20 Hindsight: The Gas Forecasting Dilemma
The recent experience of MichCon illustrates what happens when forecasters at gas distribution companies guess wrong.
The Michigan Consolidated Gas Company’s (MichCon) bad experience with gas forecasting illustrates an important public policy question: What is the optimal supply acquisition strategy for a regulated gas utility?
Utility Risk Programs: Success or Failure?
State public service commissions are insisting that utilities adopt risk management programs, and are allowing less pass-through for those that don't.
A well-known economist analyzes how well U.S. utilities performed in their risk management programs during 2001/2002.
The Great Canadian Gas Race
Northern gas rush proves timely for power generators.
America’s insatiable demand for clean burning power generated in newly minted natural gas-fired power plants has caused a massive Canada-wide hunt for new gas resources, and a search for how to get it across the border.
Catch A Wave!
The solution to California's crisis may have been lapping at the beach.
The California Energy Commission recently awarded a $120,000 grant to study the feasibility of using ocean swells as a potential source of renewable energy.