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Electric Competition And The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Donald F. Santa Jr.
Electric Competition And The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Donald F. Santa Jr.
Maine Policy Review
The pricing of electric power is not only an issue at the state level, it also gathers the attention of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. A major pricing issue now facing FERC involves electric transmission. This reflects increased competition in the electric generation business and is of particular concern in the wholesale electricity market, which is regulated by FERC. As FERC Commissioner Donald F. Santa makes clear in this article, access to transmission lines and the price to be paid for that access are extremely important issues to independent power producers. This article is based on Commissioner Santa's keynote speech …
Assessing Maine’S Eram Experiment, Leslie Hudson, Stephanie Seguino
Assessing Maine’S Eram Experiment, Leslie Hudson, Stephanie Seguino
Maine Policy Review
Maine’s utility regulators have occasionally ventured into the uncharted waters of utility regulation reform. Some such efforts have been more successful than others. Leslie Hudson and Stephanie Seguino document the process and outcomes of one such attempt at alternative electric utility regulation, the Electric Revenue Adjustment Mechanism, or ERAM. They endeavor to answer several questions arising from this brief and failed, but interesting regulatory experiment.
Retail Competition In The U.S. Electricity Industry, John P. Hughes
Retail Competition In The U.S. Electricity Industry, John P. Hughes
Maine Policy Review
The ever-increasing competitive nature of the electric utility business has been lent additional impetus by federal policies that mandate restructuring of the industry. John Hughes, writing from the perspective of large industrial consumers, offers a vision for restructuring the electric utility industry. He frames his vision in response to goals outlines in the California Public Utilities Commission’s proposal to restructure that state’s electric utility industry