In the U.S. and around the world, electricity restructuring is converting regulated monopolies into market regimes. However, one important issue is whether electricity markets can-without government intervention-provide adequate generation to reliably power society's needs.
$100 Billion in the Wrong Direction
The debate over Texas’s 765-kV transmission lines is heating up, and your wallet is caught in the middle. Last Friday, the Public Utility Commission of Texas held a hearing on the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP), and this Friday, the Commission will decide whether to approve or deny the northernmost line of the three...