As in zero, nada, zip, zilch, nothing. Do you think that the very high level, high profile U.S-Canada power system outage task force could have spent all that time and money investigating the blackout, and then come to the recommendation that nothing needed to change? No way. But on the face of it, why not …
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… include less use of taxpayer money to fund the operations of Northern Illinois University, according to Stephen Karlson. In theory Illinois residential customers will all be able to enjoy the benefits of competition starting in 2006. The policy discussion over how that will look is just getting under way now. Expect to hear more …
The U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force released its final report on the August 2003 blackout today. From the press release: Recommendations include the following: * Implementation of mandatory and enforceable electricity reliability standards in both the United States and Canada, with penalties for noncompliance, backed by appropriate government oversight; * Strengthening the institutional framework …
I read the paper on the way to the airport, and this Wall Street Journal article from today (subscription required) provides a nice overview to the technological and commercial state of the broadband over electric business proposition. As one of the quotes says, this certainly does put another spin on the “last mile” dynamic, at …
Cinergy has announced that they are moving forward with plans to develop and commercialize broadband over power wire service: Cinergy Corp., owner of several Midwest utilities, and privately held Current Communications Group on Tuesday said they have formed two joint ventures to provide high-speed Internet service over electric power lines. … Last week, the Federal …
On Friday I attended an important event in Chicago that shines an optimistic beacon into the stagnant state of electricity policy. The event was the announcement of the first year’s results of the Community Energy Cooperative’s residential demand response program. This program’s results are exciting, and should open our thoughts to a wider range of …
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A friend of Knowledge Problem who is extremely knowledgeable about the electricity regulation and the dynamics of the industry in the past decade offers this response to my earlier post. I think he’s right: On your latest post re arbitrage, I think the spirit of your post is right, but the facts might not be. …
Check out this commentary from Monday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch. Virginia is considering returning to full regulation of its electricity industry, and this commentary by Thomas Nicholson lays out the case for why that’s a bad idea. The way the wholesale market has been designed in Virginia has some serious flaws, and Nicholson encourages Virginians not to …
I am pleasantly surprised to see James, Rogers, CEO of Cinergy, being frank in stating explicitly what we know: the regulatory uncertainty currently plaguing the electricity industry provides participants with arbitrage opportunities that they would not otherwise have. This uncertainty creates the opportunity for vertically integrated utilities to move assets around to where they will …
Check out this Crumb Trail post on research using glucose as fuel and a microorganism as the catalyst. This research may lead to smaller-scale fuel cells and accelerate the ability to implement distributed energy systems. Making those distributed energy systems economically viable is another thing … but it is coming.
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