Transmission on Trial?
Not hardly. The Court will review open access, but the ratepayer is the real defendant.
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Transmission on Trial?
Transmission
News Analysis
Fuel costs drive electric prices, but generators seem perfectly willing to pay a premium for fuel when they're getting top dollar for power.
News Analysis
News Digest
News Digest
Electricity Choice: Pick Your Poison
A. Errant Economics? B. Lousy Law? C. Market Manipulation? D. All Three?
1 "An Open Letter to Members of the U.S. House and Senate Conference Committee About National Electric Power Transmission Policy from a Group of Concerned Engineers,", Oct. 1, 1992, pg. 15.
2 Dr. Eugene Coyle, Price Discrimination, Electric Redlining, and Price Fixing in Deregulated Electric Power, , January 2000, p. 7, 8.
3 J.M. Keynes, "The End of Laissez-faire" in , London, The Macmillan Press, 1972, p. 284 .
4 Ibid., pg. 35.
New Analysis
The ISO forges ahead, with or without its members.
News Analysis
Jules Verne's Grid?
With undersea cable linking Canada to Manhattan, Project Neptune could remake the transmission biz.
With undersea cable linking Canada to Manhattan, Project Neptune could remake the transmission biz.
News Digest
Dynegy's David Francis, vice president for western power trading, testified on Dec. 21 on why he thought the ISO was bending the rules:
News Digest
Surviving and Thriving in the RTO Revolution
How to design tariffs to improve reliability and attract merchant generation.
1 A representation of a generic interconnection, with thermal, hydro, and nuclear generation sharing a grid with a winter peaking load.
2 , 93 FERC 61,294, Dec. 15, 2000.
3 For a survey of methods, see J.W. Marangon Lima "Allocation of Transmission Fixed Charges: An Overview,", Vol. 11, No. 3, 1996.
Superconductors: Coming Soon to a Grid Near You?
Transmission constraints and technology developments may hasten emerging applications.
Transmission constraints and technology developments may hasten emerging applications.
Sure, superconductor technology might have lots of potential, but it can't do anything for me today.
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.