People for July 15, 2001
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.
Transmission Planning: Weighing Effects on Congestion Costs
Planners should focus on more than just meeting NERC reliability standards.
On the Origin of Markets: Electricity Evolution in the U.K.
A story of power, pools, and parallels with the U.S. experience.
X Marks the Spot: How U.K. Utilities Have Fared Under Performance-Based Ratemaking
Returns for U.K. RECs have proven resilient, despite price cuts, efficiency targets, and the windfall profit tax.
L.A. Loves a Loophole
There's no getting around it—price caps aren't for everyone.
Reading the T&D Leaves: How Interest Rates Influence Prices for Wires Services
The strong correlation holds lessons for power marketers, who naturally will build large short positions on delivery service.
The Bush Plan and Beyond: Toward a More Rational U.S. Energy Policy
Any plan to reduce energy consumption should rest on economics — not ideology.
What Price an Easement? Setting Market Value in Fiber Optic Corridors
How a landmark case on landowner compensation could make or break the industry.