News Digest

 

Off Peak

September 1, 2000

Wakeup Call in San Diego?

By Regina R. Johnson

 

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.

 

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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