Regulators are starting to show signs of strain over the restructuring debate.
Irregular seams affect ratemaking policies.
Two letters, one correction
It would join an RTO but dictate the terms — a dangerous game that has the industry talking.
How to benchmark return on equity (ROE) and depreciation expense in utility rate cases.
We ask merchant grid developers if anything can ever be done.
Why FERC must yield to bankruptcy law.
The blackout could doom deregulation, but why treat reliability and reform as either-or?
Perspective
Proper authority and market monitoring and mitigation could make the system work.
In the last few years we have watched appalled as the western U.S. electricity markets collapsed, taking with them the solvency and viability of several very large participants, including the California Power Exchange (PX).
Two years after 9/11, the industry remains vulnerable.
Two years ago the utility industry, like everyone else in America, was blindsided by the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In the aftermath, the rush to secure the grid was on, and the caps on security spending came off-at least for a little while.
Two years later, where are we? Is the grid better protected from attack?
It is, but not by much, according to the experts Fortnightly consulted.