People (Feb 15, 2002)
Dan Boverman has been appointed vice president and CFO for Celerity Energy. SEMCO Energy appointed John E. Schneider as CFO. Constellation Energy has announced several personnel changes. And others ...
Concentrated Transmission Assets
Public Utilities Fortnightly and POWERdat®
Investment in transmission is likely to surge in the buying and selling of transmission assets and in the restructuring of the transmission business.
Overcapacity ... Just Part of the Cycle of Growth
The industry has moved beyond the debate.
Steve Mitnick’s response (“Overbuilding? Fuhgedda-boutit!”, Jan. 15) to my Nov. 15 article extended the great industry debate over whether the recent power plant construction boom would result in near-term over-supply. The only problem is, the industry has moved on.
Onward, Kyoto!
With a nascent emissions market, U.S. companies may not be so grateful they’re out of the club.
Domestic energy companies may have breathed a sigh of relief last March when the United States pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol. Gone was the specter of expensive compliance with emissions reduction targets set by the treaty. So long as they don't care about expanding globally or entering emerging emissions trading markets, they probably have a reason to think they've dodged the emissions bullet.
Low Voltage
Not everyone in the industry runs at 100 percent capacity.
The credit for the idea of a floating nuke plant does not belong to Russia.
Western Europe: The New Hot Spot
New energy demands are testing power supplies and creating new opportunities for power plant development in some countries.
Europe may be ripe for power plant development, as demand for power is projected to outstrip supply in select areas. RDI opens up its European database and reveals what areas are hot for investment.
European Power Forum: New Rules, New Players
Top executives and regulators discuss European liberalization and U.S. investment opportunities overseas.
Exclusive interviews with regulators from the UK and European Parliament, as well as Duke Energy International and TXU Europe Energy Trading, on investment opportunities and regulatory obstacles overseas.
Coming to America? Euro Money Looks for Mergers
U.S. firms top the list of prospects.
Europeans believe that if they can achieve 12 to 14 percent on equity-with earnings growing at 8 to 10 percent-that would be attractive.
Going Global: The Top 10 Risks
What utilities ought to know before doing business overseas.
An investigation into the top 10 risks of foreign investment shows the curses and the blessings of wanting to be a global utility.
Europe's Retail Markets: Building a Better Mousetrap?
Many have failed to attract customers in trying to bundle energy with other retail products. The Europeans may have found the right model.
It has been tried many times over—without significant success. But Europeans think they may be on to the right way to bundle power with other retail offerings.