- A short honeymoon for utility deregulation
HEADNOTE The California crisis shook public faith in restructuring, but that path is still the best route to follow. During the more than 100 years from the inception of the electric utility industry in the latter part of the 19th century through 1995, the inflation-adjusted price of electricity in the ......
- The ins & outs of electricity deregulation
The enormous electricity problems taking place in California as a result of a flawed deregulation plan has had the effect of making the subject of electricity deregulation an issue of paramount importance to Canadian business executives. In California, there have been brownouts - with more to come for at least ......
- Electric Choices: Deregulation and the Future ofElectric Power.
Electric Choices: Deregulation and the Future of Electric Power, edited by ANDREW N. KLEIT (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2006) 242 pages, ISBN-10: 0-7425-4875-9, ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-4875-6 hardback, ISBN-10: 0-7425-4876-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-4876-3 paperback) By most accounts, electricity restructuring has turned out to be quite a bit different from most ......
- International Joint Power Generation Conference and
Exposition.
Adams Mark Hotel, Denver Nov. 3-5, 1997 As governments throughout the world forge ahead with plans to deregulate electric utilities, power generators can look forward to eventually tapping new markets and achieving new economies of scale. Many consumers can also expect rate reductions caused by increased competition. So far, however, ......
- Low-Cost Services Come From Deregulation, So Do
Problems, Problems And Problems.
To decontrol or not to decontrol, that is the question! And what a question it has become. The California debacle in deregulating its power industry has brought the whole issue of decontrol to everyone's mind from coast to coast. Something that most people never even gave a second thought to ......
- Electricity restructuring: Deregulation or reregulation?
HEADNOTE Is there a coherent vision for competitive electricity markets? RESTRUCTURING IN THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY IS spreading across the United States and around the world. Some of these initiatives are well under way-for instance, in California, Pennsylvania, Australia, Norway, and the United Kingdom-but far more are in the design and ......
- Unbundling Leads To Partnership.
Continued unbundling of the natural gas industry is giving rise to customer choice programs across the country. In response to this trend, a unique partnership between the nation's largest gas distribution utility and a leading energy software company is helping to ease the strain on local distribution companies (LDCs) as ......