Michael Giberson Another story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had me wondering whether football coaches may want to sign up a physicist to advise on potential challenges to referee decisions. Timothy Gay, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has written Football Physics: The Science of the Game, in which he illustrates a number of the principles of …
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Michael Giberson Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell came out in favor of enhancing competition in retail electric power supply in the Pittsburgh area (in this press release): “Enhancing competition in Pennsylvania means working to expand the choices that consumers have by creating more energy options and increasing the supply of energy from a diversity of …
Michael Giberson In a follow-up to my earlier posting, THE HURRICANE OF FORTUNE, on the absurdity of the USA Today article claiming “Economic Growth from Hurricanes Could Outweigh Costs,” I observe that the U.S. Department of Labor said a rise in initial jobless claims was likely due to the effects of hurricanes, including Ivan, which …
Michael Giberson Haven?t made plans for German Unity Day (October 3) yet? I recommend a viewing of ?Good Bye, Lenin!? – funny, humane look at the reunification of Germany from the perspectives of an East Berlin family. Erica Abeel, Film Journal International, said, “The film’s take on filial love is fresh and affecting. Its political …
Michael Giberson Platt?s POWER reports that Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has reached an agreement with ?merchant generators and others? that would allow the company ? the largest regulated public utility in Arizona ? to purchase five power plants from an unregulated corporate affiliate, Pinnacle West Energy Corp. (PWEC). Both APS and PWEC are subsidiaries …
Michael Giberson In my rather simplified understanding of the world, the reason for regulation of electric utilities is to protect consumers from monopoly power. So how does this reason explode into such an intertwining of government and business, that the economic fate of over 35 million people depends upon the decisions of a single man? …
Michael Giberson In an article so absurd that you really ought to read it for yourself, see the story from USA Today: “Economic Growth from Hurricanes Could Outweigh Costs.” It is so incredible that I am almost left speechless. Of course, no one expects a USA Today reporter writing about the weather to have training …
Michael Giberson A news report in the Hungry Horse News (Columbia Falls, MT) captures the some of peculiar flavor of federal power marketing in the Northwest: “The price of electricity mirrors the price of natural gas to a certain degree. With natural gas prices up, electricity prices are also up overall. That puts more money …
Michael Giberson Take billions of dollars of network assets owned by a number of local for-profit monopolists regulated by both state and federal agencies, turn control (but not ownership) of the assets over to a bigger regional monopoly organized as a non-profit run by an independent board, require that all major decisions must be vetted …
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Over on the PFF Blog, Ray Gifford responds to an economist’s concern over the potential anticompetitive effects of bundling. Read about The Sinister Practice of Bundling.
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