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GREAT STEPHEN PEARLSTEIN COLUMN: My crazy schedule lately has made me remiss in linking to this great commentary from Stephen Pearlstein on how energy regulation needs a light touch. In his observations on the bloated energy bill proposal from the House, he says: My guess is that should these provisions be adopted, the volume of …

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GREAT STEPHEN PEARLSTEIN COLUMN: My crazy schedule lately has made me remiss in linking to this great commentary from Stephen Pearlstein on how energy regulation needs a light touch. In his observations on the bloated energy bill proposal from the House, he says: My guess is that should these provisions be adopted, the volume of …

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GREAT STEPHEN PEARLSTEIN COLUMN: My crazy schedule lately has made me remiss in linking to this great commentary from Stephen Pearlstein on how energy regulation needs a light touch. In his observations on the bloated energy bill proposal from the House, he says: My guess is that should these provisions be adopted, the volume of …

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GREAT STEPHEN PEARLSTEIN COLUMN: My crazy schedule lately has made me remiss in linking to this great commentary from Stephen Pearlstein on how energy regulation needs a light touch. In his observations on the bloated energy bill proposal from the House, he says: My guess is that should these provisions be adopted, the volume of …

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Green Power: Product Differentiation, Or Subsidy Boondoggle?

This Philadelphia Inquirer article points out some really important things about green power: people are willing to pay more for it, yet it also receives government subsidies. I think offering customers the choice of green power is a valuable improvement on the regulated service offerings that utilities typically present to their (captive) customers. It illustrates …

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In doing some fact checking for an article on the FERC staff report on western energy markets, I recently rediscovered this good Fortune article about wash trades and the value of energy trading. The article does a nice job of communicating that wash trades can be used as a tool for market manipulation, but that …

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In doing some fact checking for an article on the FERC staff report on western energy markets, I recently rediscovered this good Fortune article about wash trades and the value of energy trading. The article does a nice job of communicating that wash trades can be used as a tool for market manipulation, but that …

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In doing some fact checking for an article on the FERC staff report on western energy markets, I recently rediscovered this good Fortune article about wash trades and the value of energy trading. The article does a nice job of communicating that wash trades can be used as a tool for market manipulation, but that …

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In doing some fact checking for an article on the FERC staff report on western energy markets, I recently rediscovered this good Fortune article about wash trades and the value of energy trading. The article does a nice job of communicating that wash trades can be used as a tool for market manipulation, but that …

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Wow, Tech Central Station is totally kicking butt in the content department in the past week! I’ll have more to say on this after lunch, but just go fish around there. Very good stuff.