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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News Digest

 

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.

 

Some fear NO_x controls will spawn outages and higher power prices.

Utility executives say the EPA's plan to reduce ground-level ozone in the nation's eastern half by controlling emissions of nitrogen oxides in upwind states could undermine electric reliability and force power prices higher.