In case anyone missed the lessons of new pipeline construction,hot regulatory fights and negotiating marathons, some newdescriptions for the state of Canadian natural gas transportationhave been coined at the National Energy Board.
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Utility Puts Customers in Driver’s Seat
Responding to one of the early lessons from electricityderegulation efforts in California and other states, Bellevue,WA-based Puget Sound Energy announced last week (Sept. 27) it istaking steps to eventually give all of its customers the tools toshift their energy use away from the highest-priced, peak-demandperiods. Elected and regulatory officials in other states likeCalifornia have already said that this so-called”demand-responsiveness” for customers is the one essentialingredient that is missing in their drives to create competitiveretail electric markets.
October 2, 2000