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U.S. Gas Production: Can We Trust the Projections?

Government (EIA) forecasts suffer in credibility when compared with geologic assessments.

The EIA predicts that natural gas consumption will climb more than 60 percent percent over 20 years, driving U.S. production up 50-plus percent over the same period. How does that square with geologic assessments?

Byline:

Emil Attanasi

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Weak Underpinnings, and Wrong Conclusions

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Work conducted by Management Consulting Services has consistently found a number of truths about co-op distribution service that counter Douglas Beresford's article on IPOs for rural co-ops.

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Robert L. Church

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David E. Meador, Robert G. Harvey, Dennis Spurgeon, Erroll B. Davis, Jr., and more.

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PUF

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Bullish for Business

Forced consolidation of RTOs would set transmission owners free to go after profits.

Byline:

Bruce W. Radford

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Isn't that Special?

TISO wins prize for expanding its payroll.

ISOs payrolls are growing—at a faster rate, it seems, than utility payrolls are shrinking.

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The Plague ... of Price Controls

The world goeth fast from bad to worse.

Many public voices today want the government to simply mandate lower energy prices. It is this kind of temper-tantrum-as-policy that makes the Middle Ages seem so, well, medieval, and reminds us why we got rid of kings in the first place.

Byline:

Philip M. Marston

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News Digest (July 15, 2001)

Compiled June 21, 2001 by Bruce W. Radford, editor-in-chief, from contributions as noted from Carl J. Levesque, associate editor, and Phillip S. Cross and Lori A. Burkhart, contributing legal editors.

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Bruce W. Radford, Carl J. Levesque, Phillip S. Cross, Lori A. Burkhart

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Urban Myth: Bush to Help Houston

One of the primary objectives of the Bush administration's energy policy is to increase energy supplies, including the supply of electric generating capacity. Opponents of the Bush plan argue that his plan is nothing more than a scheme to fill the coffers of "Texas"-based companies who supported Bush's election.

Byline:

Christopher D. Seiple

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People for July 15, 2001

Gordon van Welie recently was appointed president and CEO of ISO New England Inc. CMS Energy Corp. elected David G. Mengebier as senior vice president of governmental and public affairs. PSEG Global recently named George P. Schaefer as senior vice president of financing and treasurer. FERC announced the appointment of its newest commissioners. And others...

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PUF

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Izzbee, Izz it?

The Energy Industry Standards Board doesn't exist yet, but it's got regulators talking.

More than two years ago, I suggested in this column that regional independent system operators would likely supplant the regional reliability councils as the caretakers of electric system reliability. And that's still possible—if the ISOs move quickly to RTO status, and if the RTOs get cracking right away on adopting uniform business rules. But the FERC may get tired waiting for that to happen.

Byline:

Bruce W. Radford

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