Transmission on Trial?
Not hardly. The Court will review open access, but the ratepayer is the real defendant.
Frontlines
Transmission on Trial?
Federal Power Act
End the Gridlock: Why Transmission is Ripe for New Technology
Recent advances in materials science promise a new, truly competitive paradigm for grid investment without land-use headaches or "big-iron" solutions.
News Analysis
The lawyers debated over ozone and soot, but the markets saw NO<sub>x</sub> as the "smoking gun."
News Analysis
News Digest
News Digest
News Digest
News Digest
Frontlines
Frontlines
Federalism At Work
Excerpts from the field hearing conducted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on wholesale power markets in California.
San Diego, California, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000, 9 a.m.
Monopoly Power After Reform? A Time for Soul-Searching
The Present Laws Are Unequipped
Why the DOE's recent report suggests we need new antitrust rules for "deregulated" utility markets.
News Digest
<b>State PUCs</b>
Hydro Relicensing Redux: Will Dams Be Saved?
Congressmen, industry experts, and environmentalists square off over efforts to streamline relicensing.
April 1, 2000
News Digest
STATE PUCS
Distributed Generation. In December and January the Illinois commission took comments from utilities, marketers, manufacturers, and trade and advocacy groups on how to develop policy on distributed generation.
* Rulemaking Strategy. Enron has urged the state to proceed in a fashion similar to the California PUC's
two-track investigation. It asked for two separate rulemakings on (1) interconnection standards for DG installations of 50 megawatts or less, and (2) rate design and operational issues.
* Unit Size Limits.