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Salon.com January 30, 2001 Anthony York |
The deregulation debacle Who's responsible for for California's electricity crisis? Everyone... |
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation |
Salon.com February 14, 2001 Anthony York |
Energy vultures California's electricity crisis could have been avoided if profiteering power-generating companies hadn't blocked further deregulation.... |
Salon.com January 17, 2001 Anthony York |
Power politics California Democrats are trying to buy electricity to sell to state utilities, but Republicans and energy companies are crying foul... |
Reason June 2001 Michael W. Lynch & Adrian Moore |
Power Tripped Faulty re-regulation turns out the lights in the Golden State... |
Salon.com June 1, 2001 William Bradley |
The unlikely populist California's Gray Davis is scoring political points by bashing Bush and "greedy" Texas energy firms, but the cautious centrist probably won't become the scourge of the energy industry... |
Salon.com May 28, 2001 Anthony York |
California reaming While Dick Cheney continues to blame the state's energy crisis on its Democratic governor, President Bush makes a rare visit. Can the oil patch kids ever solve their California problem? |
Salon.com January 27, 2001 Arianna Huffington |
Gov. Davis and the failure of power California's energy crisis is another lesson in the need for campaign finance reform... |
Salon.com June 19, 2001 Joe Conason |
Take it public The failure of energy deregulation should make us reconsider blind faith in the market -- and take a second look at public power systems like the one that lights up Hollywood... |
Salon.com January 30, 2001 Damien Cave |
Power and the people The electricity industry and the GOP blame NIMBY neighbors for the crisis. Critics say they're trying to turn out the lights on democracy... |
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 John E. Besant-Jones & Bernard Tenenbaum |
Lessons from California's Power Crisis Clearly, what happened in California was not what was planned. It is not surprising that policymakers around the world are now asking questions... |
BusinessWeek June 4, 2007 Aaron Pressman |
New Spark In Utility Stocks Why the once-staid utility sector is generating breathtaking returns. |
Salon.com January 17, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Turn off the Internet! Is the global computer network to blame for the current electricity crisis? Lackeys of the power industry want us to think so... |
Salon.com January 18, 2001 Damien Cave |
Green power in the red Electricity deregulation is bankrupting California's fledgling eco-friendly energy industry... |
BusinessWeek May 12, 2011 Dexter Roberts |
China's Power Outages Come Early and Often Power shortages in China have caused brownouts and pit power generators, who want to raise prices, against regulators. |
Reason June 2009 Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
Inc. November 1, 2000 Emily Barker |
Upstarts: Energy Deregulation Where do you buy your electricity? If you don't have a choice now, you will soon... |
Reason October 2001 Sara Rimensnyder |
Source There's been one big winner in California's much-reviled, phony electricity deregulation plan: Los Angeles' publicly owned Department of Water and Power... |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
61 Senators Perpetuate "Too Big To Fail" Unfortunately, the Senate hasn't fixed the underlying problem that gives rise to bailouts: "too big to fail." |
Salon.com April 5, 2001 Damien Cave |
The world according to Paul Economist du jour Paul Krugman weighs in on the China standoff, California's energy crisis and whether the economy has hit rock bottom... |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
American Electric Power Gets Smart The company will work with General Electric to develop and install "smart meters" to help better manage the transmission of electricity, and give customers more direct control over how much they use, thus saving them money. |
PHONE+ March 9, 2010 |
Energy Presents New Frontier for Telcos Executives from both telcos and power utilities see a series of developments that have brought the talk of convergence to the fore. |
Bank Technology News October 2008 Dan Sharplin |
Keep the Grid Going and Reap Rewards Instead of simply putting up with higher electric bills and periodic service disruptions, bank chains have a unique opportunity to become part of the energy solution-and to profit from it at the same time. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 William Sweet |
Portrait of a Mature Grid Operator With electricity deregulation, independent authorities have been established to manage regional power systems. But not all are created equal. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2006 Jill Jusko |
Energy: New Plants, Old Problems Hundreds of new power plants are in the works in the United States, but they won't make energy cheaper or more reliable for manufacturers or consumers. |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Toby Shute |
2 Big Bills for Solar Legislation in California is a start, but more is needed to set the solar space on fire. |
Salon.com September 6, 2001 Jake Tapper |
What vanishing surplus? The Republicans try to ignore budget woes, while the Democrats plot to pin the tail on the elephant... |
Industrial Physicist Eric J. Lerner |
What's wrong with the electric grid? Experts widely agree that failures of the power-transmission system are a nearly unavoidable product of a collision between the physics of the system and the economic rules that now regulate it. |
ifeminists September 28, 2005 Carey Roberts |
The First Female President: the Fantasy and the Reality There's no inherent reason why a woman can't serve as our chief of state. But look at the current top tier of American female politicians. There isn't a single one in the bunch who comes close to qualifying for the US presidency. |
Reason June 2001 Michael W. Lynch |
Keystone Success Why Pennsylvania's electricity deregulation plan has worked -- so far... |
Salon.com June 1, 2000 Anthony York |
Campaign jobs: adults only Sen. Dianne Feinstein's independent-minded opponent finally gets serious -- and his youthful staff gets some high-powered additions. |
CIO May 1, 2001 Susannah Patton |
Think Outside the Grid California's power crisis is a wake-up call. Now, to keep their websites from crashing and their IT systems from freezing, CIOs need to focus on risk planning... |
CIO May 15, 2001 Heather Harreld |
What a Switch! Before deregulation, utilities didn't have to worry about customer service. Now they do. But buying CRM software won't do the trick... |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Jeremy van Loon |
Where Wind Power Is Blowing Away Profits As wind power generation grows, it can create regional surpluses of electricity. That makes power prices fall, hurting wind profits. |
InternetNews January 9, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
New Data Breach, Privacy Bills in Congress If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. |
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark |
Congress Reacts to Breach Onslaught BJ's Wholesale Club settles lax data protection charges while FDIC admits to data breach. |
Salon.com June 30, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Campaign reform chic What made 33 Republicans suddenly change their minds about a bill that cracks down on stealth PACs? |
CIO November 19, 2010 Kim S. Nash |
How TXU Energy Uses ERP to Give Power to Customers The utility opened up its ERP data so customers can have more control over their electricity use. |
Wired March 23, 2009 Brendan I. Koerner |
Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it. |
Salon.com March 29, 2001 Jake Tapper |
Die hard, too? McCain-Feingold gets a big hand from former actor Sen. Fred Thompson. But it ain't over 'til they roll the credits... |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
PG&E: A Safe Cleantech Play? The West Coast utility company is involved in a variety of renewable energy projects that could make it a legitimate cleantech investment. |
InternetNews March 24, 2010 |
IBM Smart Grid Push Aims for Power Efficiency In a team-up with eMeter, IBM plans to help public utilities improve their power usage and efficiency. |
InternetNews September 23, 2004 Roy Mark |
Opt-In Wireless Directory Advances in Senate Close vote requires wireless carriers to obtain consent before listing consumers' cell phone numbers in public directory. |
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices. |
Home Toys December 2005 Brian Golden |
The Energy Crisis Gets Personal Just as the Internet empowered millions with easy access to information and brand new ways to communicate, emerging technologies will also bring sweeping changes in energy production and consumption. |
Wired July 2001 Steve Silberman |
The Energy Web The best minds in electricity R&D have a plan: Every node in the power network of the future will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart, eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming -- and interconnected with everything else... |
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
PG&E Plugs a Problem Pacific Gas & Electric shows how a new hybrid car could also power homes and businesses. Investors, this is a trend to watch. |
IndustryWeek December 10, 2008 Andrew Fellon |
Viewpoint -- What to Expect from Obama's Coming Energy Initiatives The U.S. will see higher prices in electricity and fossil fuels as producers struggle to adjust to new laws and standards. |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Common Sense Investing If the Sun Belt is where the growth is, then electricity supplier Southern Company is a place to be. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
Don't Fear the Megalopolis An examination of utilities that serve the urban region along the east coast. |