Perspective
Regulators will have to decide who pays to upgrade the transmission system.
ByRegulators will have to decide who pays to upgrade the transmission system.
Special Report
Industry hopes its centralized assets aren't in the crosshairs.
Industry hopes its centralized assets aren't in the crosshairs.
When the topic of U.S. energy security comes up, OPEC typically springs to mind. Sure enough, following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, politicians and energy executives quickly rallied before the public for less reliance on oil supply from OPEC member nations, and for bolstering domestic energy production.
Off Peak
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Off Peak
November 1, 2001
Nightmare Scenario
Professor chokes on green group emissions.
Inside the IT Nerve Center
Managing information technology at the ISO, the trading platform, and two merging utilities.
"What the electricity market needs is a forward market with an ability to vary price and volume on an hour-by-hour basis."
Cooperative IPOs: Distinguishing Fact from Fantasy
The fundamental principles of cooperative operation are inherently in conflict with the traditional concept of an IPO.
1. Subordination of capital. Neither interest nor dividends may be paid on invested capital. Cooperatives provide for a return of capital-not a return on capital. Furthermore, neither the amount of patronage nor the amount of investment of a patron can determine such patron's degree of ownership or control of the organization, i.e., there must be patronage-based ownership.
Declaring Emergencies in California: The Realities of ISO Operation
An independent system operator's view on the energy crisis and the realities of maintaining reliability.
Declaring Emergencies in California: The Realities of ISO Operation
Frontlines
Utilities face huge costs of complying with new EPA standards.
Frontlines
The Brink of Ruin?
People
Benchmarks
Benchmarks
Perspective
Volatile wholesale market prices have put a damper on retail competition in Pennsylvania. But rate caps are not the answer.
"Both the environment and consumers will benefit in the end if retail electricity prices are allowed to "rise and fall according to market conditions."