1 See, e.g., Susan S. DeSanti, "The Evolution of Electronic B2B Marketplaces," remarks before the FTC Public Workshop, (June 29, 2000).
2 "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors" ("Collaboration Guidelines"), 4 Trade Reg. Rep. (CCH) ¦13,160, (April 7, 2000).
3 See Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤ 3.31(a) and Appendix, Example 4.
4 Id.
5 Id.; but see Appendix, Example 9.
6 Id. ¤ 4.1.
7 See generally Collaboration Guidelines, ¤ 3.34(d).
8 Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤1.2, 3.2.

1 David Perry, of Ventro (Red Herring, 2000).
2 When the California market was deregulated in 1998, the power exchange and independent system operator began using the Web for all billing and settlement transactions.
3 Energy Services & Telecom Report, 2000.
4 Power Markets Week, 1999.
5 Energy Services & Telecom Report, 1999.
6 Ibid.
7 Utilities IT, 1999.
8 Sound View Technology Group, Feb. 11, 2000.
9 Ariba, March 23, 2000, E* Offering.

Off Peak

August 2000

E-Sign: Messier Than Ink?

By Regina R. Johnson

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Frontlines

Price Cap Follies

 

A look at the various approaches regulators have taken to pricing energy in competitive markets, and how some are rethinking those plans.

 

For deregulation to work, consumers must see the real price-- including all utility costs.

 

The technology is here. What's missing is the will to use it.