How to allocate the costs.
Can natural gas supply keep up with demand for power?
Power Measurement
Failing the Market-Power Test:
How FERC's ruling could affect wholesale 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?
The Future of Fuel Diversity
The fragmented electric industry structure poses an obstacle to a more stable, diverse, and secure power supply.
Daily news headlines have drawn attention to concerns about fuels, especially the rising prices of oil and natural gas. Fears of interruptions of oil exports from Iraq, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela (take your pick) roil the energy market. But coal is not exempt from bad news, as production declines reduce output from Eastern U.S.
Combining real-time usage data with the newest technology can earn benefits for utilities.
The conclusions made by the NPC gas study raise more questions than they answer.
IOUs, RTOs duke it out over standardization.
Seams, holes, and historic precedent challenge the Midwest ISO's evolution.
Assimilating the best of the regulated-utility and merchant models.