Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is deciding on the extent of refunds that energy companies owe to California resulting from the 2000-2001 electricity policy fiasco. I’ve got an op ed on the issue in today’s Orange County Register, basically saying what I’ve said here before: enough already. Stop focusing resentfully on the past and …
March 2003
Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is deciding on the extent of refunds that energy companies owe to California resulting from the 2000-2001 electricity policy fiasco. I’ve got an op ed on the issue in today’s Orange County Register, basically saying what I’ve said here before: enough already. Stop focusing resentfully on the past and …
The Economics Of Hydrogen
Today’s second piece in RPPI’s five-part series on hydrogen focuses on the economics of innovation. Hydrogen research will not proceed in a vacuum, but will occur in the context of continuing innovation of internal combustion engines. This simultaneous innovation of mature and new technologies has lots of historical precedents, and I highlight one of them …
Let The Hydrogen Economy Evolve
This week at RPPI.org: Let the Hydrogen Economy Evolve, a 5-part series on the science and economics of proposed federal hydrogen policies. Today’s commentary, the first in the series, lays out the current state of the science of hydrogen fuel cells. Topics for the rest of the week include the economics of simultaneously innovating mature …