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November 15, 2000
Rx for IOUs: Slim Down
To an industry whose mantra of late has been "diversify and conquer," a prominent utilities consultant has some startling advice: Slim down and focus on your core strengths.
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Battle of Dunkirk
Utilities rush to save their last tenuous hold over the power plants they so smugly sold off.
Fossil Fuels and Energy Policy: Understanding the New Natural Gas Economy
How gas supply and price disruptions now outweigh oil imports as the nation's real energy problem.
Alliance Gas Pipeline: Early, Late, or Just in Time?
A story of big gambles, big assumptions, and spark spreads now turned upside down.
Out of Touch With Consumers? The Regulators Give Their Side
Interviews with utility commissioners and consumer advocates in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
"It's disappointing that the wholesale prices are as high as they are. All the parties expected prices to be significantly lower."
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Oracle's energy director tells Congress how new-economy firms are taking reliability concerns into their own hands.
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November 1, 2000
Customers Move On
Oracle's energy director tells Congress how new-economy firms are taking reliability concerns into their own hands.
NYPA's CEO clarifies details of the Power Authority's auction of nukes to Entergy.
NYPA's CEO clarifies details of the Power Authority's auction of nukes to Entergy.
Several comments are in order concerning the analysis by Dan Donoghue and David Haarmeyer of the pending sale of the New York Power Authority's Indian Point 3 and James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plants to Entergy Corp. (, June 15, 2000, p. 90).