Alive

Competition is, for the most part, flourishing in New York’s electricity markets, but significant levels of new generation will need to be added to the state’s system in the near future in order for New Yorkers to avoid incurring higher electricity prices, according to a report recently issued by Dr. David Patton, market adviser to the New York independent system operator (NYISO).

Competition is, for the most part, flourishing in New York’s electricity markets, but significant levels of new generation will need to be added to the state’s system in the near future in order for New Yorkers to avoid incurring higher electricity prices, according to a report recently issued by Dr. David Patton, market adviser to the New York independent system operator (NYISO).

In this wacky energy year in California, the state-charteredelectricity transmission grid operator, Cal-ISO, Tuesday upstagedone of the hit holiday movies by releasing its own version of Dr.Seuss’ classic “The Grinch That Stole Christmas.” The state’snonprofit traffic cop for electrons shocked Californians with arequest that they cutback on their use of holiday lights,restricting their use to nonpeak hours.

The Columbia Energy-NiSource marriage won’t kill the Millenniumpipeline project nor will strong opposition to its pipeline routein New York, Millennium Pipeline Chairman David Pentzien said thisweek in a letter to FERC’s Daniel M. Adamson, director of theOffice of Energy Projects.

The Columbia Energy-NiSource marriage won’t kill the Millenniumpipeline project nor will strong opposition to its pipeline routein New York, Millennium Pipeline Chairman David Pentzien said lastweek in a letter to FERC’s Daniel M. Adamson, director of theOffice of Energy Projects.

The founding cornerstone of regulation in Canada’s chiefenergy-supplier jurisdiction has turned out to be alive and well— and operating at the expense of natural gas producers.

The founding cornerstone of regulation in Canada’s chief energysupply province has turned out to be alive and well — andoperating at the expense of natural gas producers.

Aggregation of small retail natural gas customers is still alive in California, but barely. And it’s future is dim in the wake of new state legislation (AB 1421) passed earlier this month and now on the governor’s desk. The legislation restricts unbundling in the retail core gas markets (see NGI Sept. 13).

Aggregation of small retail natural gas customers is still alivein California, but barely. And it’s future is dim in the wake ofnew state legislation (AB 1421) passed earlier this month and nowon the governor’s desk. The legislation restricts unbundling in theretail core gas markets (see Daily GPI, Sept. 13).