Georgia Power offers green energy rate. Choice, what a concept … Too bad that they still have to go through the cumbersome and obsolete regulatory rigamarole to offer choice to their customers.
July 2003
Philosophy And Novels
Tyler Cowen mentions that he will be discussing “scarcity and the novel” at a symposium that David Levy has organized “on how proverbs, maxims, and novels contain wisdom of a kind comparable to the wisdom found in models.” I have one example of this that I wish I had time to research. In Pride and …
Time Article On Natural Gas Supply
Steve Antler also remarked on this Time magazine article on natural gas and energy policy. I find the headline striking: Inflated oil prices and natural gas shortages are wiping out jobs and savings, thanks to three decades of bungled energy policy. Get ready for more bungling And here’s their take on the politicized process by …
Read The Proposed Senate Energy Bill
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has a user-friendly page on S.14, the Senate energy bill proposal. The page also tracks proposed amendments. I agree with Steve Antler that we are very likely heading into an energy crisis; I would differ in my characterization, though, and say that it’s not that we don’t have …
More On California Electricity Regulation
This Dan Walters column from today’s Sacramento Bee puts the current debates over electricity regulation in the context of the 1996 debate. Very good read.
Clearing The Air
Run, don’t walk, to the Reason website and read this wonderful article by Joel Schwartz on air quality in the US from Regulation magazine, a superb quarterly published by the Cato Institute. In noting the disconnect between actual air quality improvement and the general perception of poor air quality, Joel observes that This disconnect between …
A New Declaration Of Independence
I am indebted to Glenn Reynolds for linking to this Ed Cone column on the foundations of liberty. It’s a wonderful, heartfelt articulation of a vision of civil society that is very compelling, and in great part is what gets me out of bed in the morning. As we celebrate the freedoms already won, let?s …
Re-regulation Bill In California Rejected
On Wednesday I mentioned the committee rejection of California AB 428, which I claim reflected a continued control and manage mindset in California regarding electriicty markets. Today we hear that the re-regulation bill, SB 888, failed to pass a Senate utility committee vote: “I don’t want to repeat what happened in ’96 when a lot …
Natural Gas Policy Update
Natural gas is back on the DC policy radar screen this week, according to this article from OIl & Gas Journal. In Senate testimony Thursday, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association advocated removal of restrictions on domestic natural gas exploration. On the other hand, this LA Times editorial advocates conservation and removing barriers to importation …
The Federal Fuel Oxygenate Mandate Is Bad Policy
Just before the holiday I testified at a Congressional hearing in Diamond Bar, California, on the transition from MTBE to ethanol as an oxygenate in southern California’s fuel. The text of my written testimony is available at the Reason Public Policy Institute website. The hearing was called by Doug Ose (R-CA), who is the Chairman …
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