FERC may have to carve out a special set of rules if it wants to bring Arctic gas south to the lower-48.
An analysis of competitive power markets finds that oligopolies are the end game for liberalized power markets.
A holistic, new approach to cost/benefit analysis.
The still-fresh memories of last year's Northeast blackout coupled with rising congestion nationwide have increased awareness of the electric transmission investment shortfall in the United States. Such investment, in the right locations, would have a highly positive benefit-cost ratio. But how much should be spent?
Long-Term Cooperative Supplier Relationships
What construction cost might prompt orders for new nuclear power plants in Texas?
Tomorrow's utility technology may be revolutionized at the molecular level.
Green Generation Feels the Squeeze
Chasing after windmills and photovoltaics could well be the stuff of fiction.
Wind and solar cells (photovoltaics or PVs) are two renewable energy technologies that many hope will eventually provide the United States with massive amounts of clean, sustainable electric power for the indefinite future. Indeed, it is often suggested or implied that the United States can look to a future where most, if not all electric power can be provided by wind and photovoltaics [1, 2].
Coal gasification as a transition plan to build lead time to develop sustainable, climate-friendly energy technologies.
Editor's Note Several of the sources for this article and accompanying sidebars are referenced numerous times.