Perspective
The ISO takes on critics of its new market design.
NYISO
Studying Apples and Oranges
RTO cost/benefit studies are difficult to reconcile.
RTO cost/benefit studies are difficult to reconcile.
The premise behind the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) push for regional transmission organizations (RTOs)-that they will provide positive economic benefits to society- increasingly is being challenged.
Loss Modeling in T&D Systems: Is $25 Billion Worth Losing?
Energy players can lose a lot more than their shirt if they fail to model transmission losses properly.
A Vision for Trasmission: How the RTOs Stand
And where the trouble spots lie in FERC's grid plan.
And where the trouble spots lie in FERC's grid plan.
The mood appeared calm on June 26 in Washington, D.C., at the regular bi-weekly meeting of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Key officials from various regional transmission organizations (RTOs) had gathered before chairman Pat Wood and the other commissioners to brief them on progress over the past year in reforming wholesale electric markets, and on what the FERC might expect in the summer at hand.
People
News Analysis
East Coast prices bear an eerie resemblance to California of last spring, but pay no mind, say experts.
News Analysis
People
A report titled "NY Cash Infusion," appearing in the "News Digest, Transmission & ISOs" pages of the Nov. 1, 2000 edition of , could leave readers with the erroneous impression that the NYISO [New York Independent System Operator] required emergency action to pay its bills. This would be grossly inaccurate.
Competition that causes gas transport facilities to be duplicated is ineffective, argues a reader.