Why broadband over power line (BPL) can't stand alone as a high-speed Internet offering.
An analysis of participant funding in natural gas and electricity markets.
A new FERC decision veers away from congressional intent not to burden intrastate pipelines with interstate policies.
A coordinated approach helps control costs.
ISO New England dares to dream, again.
How rules muted price signals and did not ensure efficient siting.
Of the new rules proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for interconnecting new power plants to the transmission grid, the most controversial (for transmission providers and generators alike) is FERC's choice of who should pay to construct the various categories of required new facilities.
ByRegulators will have to decide who pays to upgrade the transmission system.
More ruminations on the "stranded ratepayer."
Will tomorrow's transmission be privately funded, with the first-class seats reserved for investors?
The six o'clock news has locked its radar on California's power market meltdown, and rightly so. But that's no reason to overlook the nation's heartland, where a utility coming late to the game has set the pot boiling.
