Frontlines
Prices Hit a Pique
California pays the bill, but who gets the blame- the feds or the fundamentals?
What did they know and when did they know it? That's what California consumers are asking utility regulators and system operators, now that the heat of summer has made a shambles of the state's vision of electricity competition.
News Digest
Off Peak
September 1, 2000
Wakeup Call in San Diego?
By Regina R. Johnson
Some fear NOx 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.
Tomorrow's Network: A Two-Way Street
The technology is here. What's missing is the will to use it.
For deregulation to work, consumers must see the real price-- including all utility costs.
A look at the various approaches regulators have taken to pricing energy in competitive markets, and how some are rethinking those plans.
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Price Cap Follies