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Boom and Bust? Understanding the Power Plant Construction Cycle
Rising energy demand could spur investment in waves, but a fixed capacity charge might flatten the curve.<b> </b>
Has the electric industry got lawmakers in its back pocket, or are charges of bias just smoke?
Redundant Restructuring: How the Dual-Retailer Model Makes Electric Markets Too Complex
A call for utilities to leave the marketing business.
Many of us on the front lines can identify with Stanley Klein's observation that, in terms of its implementation, the restructuring of the electric power industry is "fundamentally an information technology event."1
Pricing Reform for the Local Disco: Setting Rates That Will Support Distributed Generation
<b>The Proposed Distribution Tariff </b>
How to replace the bundled utility tariff with a rational design for access, throughput, and congestion.
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Electric Reliability
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Mergers and the Public Interest: Saving the Savings for the Poorest Customers
How Colorado's settlement in the Xcel merger builds a case for treating needy ratepayers as a separate class entitled to merger benefits.
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Transmission & ISOs
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Electric Retailing: When Will I See Profits?
Deregulation Abroad: Still Reaching Its Potential
Wait for the "second wave," when new products help suppliers escape the trench warfare of pricing.
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State PUCs
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