Author name: Michael Giberson

Eu Disputes Allegation of Double Counting of Carbon Emission Permits

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Michael Giberson Environmental markets consultancy E3 International released a report a few days ago indicating that many tradable permits were retired more than once in the EU carbon emission trading program: E3 International (E3) has analysed all the serial numbers of carbon allowances surrendered to date by liable participants in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme …

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Power Play: News Series Examines Texas Electric Power Industry Restructuring

2 Comments / Electricity, Politics / By

Michael Giberson Marty Schladen, a reporter for The Daily News out of Galveston, Texas, has a four-part series on the state’s electric power restructuring. I’ve only just read the third article which offers a thumbnail sketch of the career of Samuel Insull (with unusual depth and context for a newspaper article): Insull revolutionized the electricity …

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Generation Shares by Fuel Type: Regulated and Deregulated States

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Michael Giberson Courtesy of industry thinker Jeffrey D. Roark comes this contribution to understanding some of the differences between power produced in “regulated” and “deregulated” states. Click on the image to see a larger version. Charts were developed using the EIA data cited in the image. Roark draws attention to two points: first, that the …

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Cap-And-Trade Characters: Hoarders, Speculators and Do-gooders

Electricity, Energy markets, Environmental policy / By

Michael Giberson Rich Sweeney, at Common Tragedies, writes about three common characters that populate some of the industrial/bureaucratic commentary over cap-and-trade carbon permit systems: hoarders, speculators and do-gooders. A hoarder may be a low-carbon intensity electric generator seeking to bid up the cost of carbon permits to drive up costs for rivals and drive up …

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Prices Are Information Goods, and Information Wants to Be Expensive, Because It’s So Valuable

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Michael Giberson I know the internet mantra “information wants to be free,” the bane of many copyright holders. Macy’s, among many others, is one retail Goliath fighting against the free flow of information online. The Chilling Effects Clearinghouse posted online a copy of Macy’s letter to bfads.net, the “David” in this David and Goliath story, …

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Pjm, Its Market Monitoring Unit, and the Hotline Tipster’s Allegation of Market Power

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Michael Giberson From the Baltimore Sun, columnist Jay Hancock highlights part of one story buried in the most recent report on the dispute between PJM and its Market Monitoring Unit (MMU). Hancock writes: On Sept. 14, 2004, a tipster urged electricity administrators to investigate a power generation plant that seemed to be charging extra-high prices …

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Nfl Wants to Support Secondary Market for Tickets, New England Patriots Want to Punish Ticket Resalers. Also Miley Cyrus Ticket Action.

5 Comments / Economics, Professional sports / By

Michael Giberson How many times do we have to say it? Online secondary ticket markets can be good for teams and fans. Fans can buy tickets earlier, knowing if they have a conflict, there is an easy way to recoup at least some of their price. Teams can therefore sell more tickets to fans earlier, …

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Green Power Options for Retailed Consumers Described

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Michael Giberson An article online at the Wall Street Journal (free!) provides a quick overview of green power options available to retail customers. Typically consumers pay a small premium for green power, but in Austin consumers participating in the GreenChoice program actually gain a small discount. (Higher natural gas prices have driven up the cost …

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Electric Bikes in China Bring Costs and Benefits

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Michael Giberson LiveScience highlights a short article on the growth in the use of electric bikes in China, a development that comes with environmental costs and benefits (and clearly a lot of personal mobility benefits for the owners). University of Tennessee-Knoxville professor Christopher Cherry reports on his research: Chinese cities are expanding and becoming more …

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