July 25, 2006

Heat Wave, Record Power Demand: Don’t Just Build More Generation

Lynne Kiesling Even though most of this article with investment analyst comments on generation capacity and the recent heat wave focuses on how growing demand means there’s profit in building more generation, the article does finally get to the good stuff at the end: Added generating capacity would boost the reserve cushion, but Hartley at …

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Sensible Comments on Blackouts in Queens

Lynne Kiesling There was a blackout in Queens, New York late last week, and some customers are still without power. At City Journal, Nicole Gelinas pins responsibility right where it belongs: political institutions do not have a profit motive for investing in infrastructure: This neglect goes unnoticed when the electricity is actually on. But beginning …

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