In Search of... Transmission Capitalists
Facing a cash crunch, transmission owners look for new funding sources.
American Transmission Co.
Transmission Expansion: Risk and Reward in an RTO World
Some thoughts on who should take the lead and how to set up financial incentives.
Some thoughts on who should take the lead and how to set up financial incentives.
One of the most interesting questions that arises from federal restructuring of the electric grid, with regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and a standard market design (SMD), concerns the risk of building transmission in an RTO environment.
Frontlines
Frontlines
Camp Flowgate
Stringing Transmission Lines, Untangling Red Tape
Centralized federal oversight sounds good, but what about squabbles between separate federal agencies?
New Analysis
The ISO forges ahead, with or without its members.
News Analysis
News Digest
Dynegy's David Francis, vice president for western power trading, testified on Dec. 21 on why he thought the ISO was bending the rules:
News Digest
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).