News Digest
PUC Oversight: Panacea or New Problem?
News Digest
News Analysis
According to the solar industry, a U.S. appeals court decision—and a Southern California Edison petition pending at the FERC—might put them out of business.
News Analysis
According to the solar industry, a U.S. appeals court decisionand a Southern California Edison petition pending at the FERCmight put them out of business.
"If Edison were to prevail in this, it would have hugely negative implications for the solar operators."
Off Peak
Why do U.S. electric bills continue to climb, when other liberalized Western countries are seeing reductions?
Off Peak
October 1, 2000
Dereg Dilemma
Why do U.S. electric bills continue to climb, when other liberalized Western countries are seeing reductions?
Electric deregulation in the United States isn't slashing consumer bills the way it has in other countries. Despite continuing restructuring, the price of U.S. electricity ranked second-highest in an April survey of 14 major Western economies.
Frontlines
Two new transcos wake up to a stack of protests.
Frontlines
Pancakes for Breakfast?
Two new transcos wake up to a stack of protests.
With the first deadline only a month away, electric utilities have launched trial balloons before filing plans at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for regional transmission organizations (RTOs).
People
Benchmarks
Perspective
Ratepayers claim a piece of the overfunding, but there are two sides to the question.
Off Peak
Payoffs don't stack up to the work involved in switching suppliers, say businesses.
Off Peak
September 15, 2000
The Big Letdown
Payoffs don't stack up to the work involved in switching suppliers, say businesses.
Switching electric suppliers appears to make for disappointed business customers.
e-Commerce of Bust? A Primer for Utilities
Business Online: Fad or Revolution?
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.
Sleeping with the Enemy? Antitrust Advice for Online Collaborators
Traditional Antitrust Law: General Principles
1 See, e.g., Susan S. DeSanti, "The Evolution of Electronic B2B Marketplaces," remarks before the FTC Public Workshop, (June 29, 2000).
2 "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors" ("Collaboration Guidelines"), 4 Trade Reg. Rep. (CCH) ¦13,160, (April 7, 2000).
3 See Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤ 3.31(a) and Appendix, Example 4.
4 Id.
5 Id.; but see Appendix, Example 9.
6 Id. ¤ 4.1.
7 See generally Collaboration Guidelines, ¤ 3.34(d).
8 Collaboration Guidelines ¤¤1.2, 3.2.