The energy industry managed to maintain operations while in a state of alarm last week following the horrific terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon and left hundreds dead in western Pennsylvania. While no damage was done to energy infrastructure other than to those distribution lines in close proximity to the attacks in New York City and Washington, DC, the experience will serve as a wake-up call to the government and the industry that energy security and reliability issues for once shouldn’t take a back seat to other matters.
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Duke, Analysts Debate Electricity Shortage or Surplus
Due to the rapid growth of new generating capacity across the nation, Salomon Smith Barney analyst Raymond C. Niles said the country is currently “crossing the mountaintop” when it comes to electricity prices peaking. He warned that the third quarter 2001 will become the first full quarter of negative commodity comparisons.
Pundit Says Energy Should be Populist Issue
A leading energy pundit told a Houston audience last week that the U.S. energy debate is completely politicized–what should be a populist issue has instead been relegated to the “conservative side of the Republican Party.” And partly because of the divide, the country is falling further behind in its quest for more energy supplies.
Pundit Says Energy Should be Populist Issue
A leading energy pundit told a Houston audience this week that the U.S. energy debate is completely politicized — what should be a populist issue has instead been relegated to the “conservative side of the Republican Party.” And partly because of the divide, the country is falling further behind in its quest for more energy supplies.
GPU Bid For PA Electric Rate Cap Exception Stirs Controversy
A bid by GPU to raise rates by approximately $316 million in Pennsylvania is quickly turning into a larger debate over whether the utility should be allowed to avoid electricity rate caps already in place in the state. As the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission prepares to consider GPU’s rate increase request later this week, the plan has received criticism from a number of fronts, including PUC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell and Pennsylvania’s consumer advocate.
Exec. Says Deregulation Spawning Interest In Public Power
As the price and availability of electricity looms ever larger as a topic of national debate, public power is getting a closer look from industrial and commercial power users and that growing interest in public power is occurring not just in places where you would expect it, like California, but across all regions of the country. So says Carmine Grastataro, senior vice president at RKS Research & Consulting, who sat down with NGI for a brief interview after appearing before a panel at NGI’s GasMart/Power 2001 conference in Tampa, FL, last Thursday.
Exec. Says Deregulation Spawning Interest In Public Power
As the price and availability of electricity looms ever larger as a topic of national debate, public power is getting a closer look from industrial and commercial power users and that growing interest in public power is occurring not just in places where you would expect it, like California, but across all regions of the country. So says Carmine Grastataro, senior vice president at RKS Research & Consulting, who sat down with NGI for a brief interview after appearing before a panel at NGI’s GasMart/Power 2001 conference in Tampa, FL, yesterday.
Debate Over Price Caps Continues on Capitol Hill
As California suffered through two consecutive days of daytime darkness last week, FERC regulators remained as divided as ever over whether to impose price caps on wholesale power sales in the West to help alleviate the continuing crisis.
Debate Over Price Caps Continues on Capitol Hill
As California was plunged into its second consecutive day ofdaytime darkness on Tuesday, FERC regulators remained as divided asever on whether to impose price caps on wholesale power sales inthe West to prevent continuing blackouts and price hikes thissummer.
Debate over Pipe-Affiliate Rules Shapes Up
Pipelines and LDCs are urging FERC to take a measured approachin its review of Order 497 regulations that are designed to deterabuses between interstate pipes and their marketing affiliates, butnatural gas producers believe it’s time to make some major changesto the rules.