News Analysis
Last Three states slow down the rush toward electricity competition.
Perspective
I wanted deregulation. But not if we can't do it right.
I wanted deregulation. But not if we can't do it right.
As an economist, I confess I failed to predict the disaster in California. But I wasn't the only one. Anybody who tells you differently is either lying, fooling himself, or guilty of Monday morning quarterbacking.
News Digest
News Digest
Benchmarks
Benchmarks
People
Frontlines
How to price energy during a stage 3 alert?
Frontlines
Très Riches Heures
How to price energy during a stage 3 alert?
You know the painting. Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. You probably saw it first in Janson's "History of Art", in a college survey course.
Assuring Enough Generation: Whose Job and How to Do It
A California failed to fashion proper incentives. Now others may repeat that mistake.
1 "Load-serving entities" are firms that serve retail electricity customers. These firms include utilities and power marketers.
2 See L.D. Kirsch, "ISO Economics: How California Flubbed It on Transmission Pricing", Public Utilities Fortnightly, Oct. 15, 1998, p. 24.
3 See J.E. Bowring and R.E. Gramlich, "The Role of Capacity Obligations in a Restructured Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Electricity Market", Electricity Journal, November 2000, pp. 57-67.
LNG Makes a Comeback
After two dormant decades, the gas that travels in liquid form draws renewed interest, spurred by demand, shortage, and technology.
Brazil, Mexico Vie for Merchant Plant Dollars
One is closer, and the other hotter, but each banks on market reform to attract U.S. and European investors.
Off Peak
Boy Scouts in Wisconsin will save you from sticker shock.<b> </b>
Off Peak
April 1, 2001
"Read Your Bill, Ma'am?"