Electric Light & Power articles from July 2005

Electric Light & Power archives from July 2005

Events.(Calendar)
July 1, 2005... : August 17-19 : COAL-GEN 2005 PennWell Corp. www.coal-gen.com San Antonio September 14-16 : 2005 Electric Market Forecasting Conference EPIS www.epis.com Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 18-21 : AMRA...

Don't shoot cap guns in Island or merge non-contiguous utility territories.(commentary)(Editorial)
July 1, 2005... Did you know that in Pennsylvania, any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, then wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock before continuing? Or that in Oklahoma it...

Cinergy's Jim Rogers on sustainability & the Duke merger.(Interview)
July 1, 2005... For this issue's profile, EL&P discussed the environment, sustainability and the second wave of industry consolidation with Cinergy's president and CEO Jim Rogers. EL&P: You've helmed a part of this company, starting with PSI Energy, since...

Executive spotlight.(Government and Enterprise Mobility Solutions Motorola Inc.)(Company Profile)
July 1, 2005... Company Profile Motorola's Government and Enterprise Mobility Solutions (GEMS) business is a leading provider of integrated communication and information solutions, with more than 65 years of experience in meeting the mission-critical...

Encouraging signs for transmission investment.(energy bills)
July 1, 2005... Finally, some encouraging signs for investment in transmission. At the time of this writing, the Senate and House are about to meet in conference to draft a comprehensive energy bill. We at the Edison Electric Institute are hopeful they...

Clean Air Interstate Rule in place.
July 1, 2005... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently published a final regulation known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule. CAIR will permanently cap sulfur dioxide (S[O.sub.2]) and nitrogen oxide (N[O.sub.x]) emissions in 28 eastern states and the...

Benefit of counsel: nondiscriminatory transmission cannot ensure competition.(news)
July 1, 2005... When Part II of the Federal Power Act was enacted in 1935, electric power was sold, almost exclusively, as a bundled product by vertically-integrated utilities (VIUs). Competition was virtually non-existent. Beginning in the mid-1980s, though,...

Competition and regulation in the power industry: can the two coexist?
July 1, 2005... At the heart of the current deregulation debate is the tension that exists between relying on competitive forces to guide investment in the industry and the desire to embrace cost-based rates whenever market prices appear to be "high." Some...

Marketing buzz: maximizing the utility bill as a customer communications vehicle.(news)
July 1, 2005... The utility bill. It arrives every month and is often opened in a state of anxiety (especially if you live in one of the nation's hot summer spots). The newsletter and any other bill inserts are moved aside as the customer's eyes scan for two...

Wind power: technology and FERC rulings encourage growth.(Federal Regulation and Oversight of Energy )
July 1, 2005... Maybe it was the Denver altitude, but there was a palpable sense of enthusiasm at the Windpower 2005 conference held in May. More likely it was the fact that wind really does seem to have arrived. When the nation's largest utilities are not...

Power industry needs to look at long-term.(news)
July 1, 2005... As we discussed in part one of this article (May/June EL&P), you are architects of the future. And, you are the ones on whose shoulders creating a new grid for that future will rest. Making investments in a new, intelligent grid of the...

21st century basics: hunting earnings in mergers acquisitions.(finance)
July 1, 2005... When last I penned this column, I, addressed back to basics," or B2B. Many investor-owned electric utilities retrenched to B2B to rebuild from the rabble of the 2000/2001 Western energy debacles and the collapses of Enron and other energy...

Exclusive C Three equity index: big gains had by all during May and June 2005.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Those of us who did not invest in energy utility stocks during the past year are probably regretting our decision. Energy utility stocks have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 during the past twelve months. Even the beleaguered merchant...

Timing, location and competition: the state of wholesale power management and trading solutions in 2005.(risk management)
July 1, 2005... A mid the early-2003 malaise in the energy trading sector, I found myself traveling frequently outside of Houston to visit clients, so my wife and I decided to sell our house to move closer to our families on the East Coast. Our real estate...

Shopping for forward curves.(energy trading risk management)
July 1, 2005... The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley legislation in the United States created new accounting standards for stock exchange-listed companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a quarterly and annual basis. Section 404 of...

Best IT practices during mergers and acquisitions.(it/cis/crm)(information technology )
July 1, 2005... The pace of mergers and acquisitions in the energy and utility industry will undoubtedly increase over the next few years, a premise that has been reinforced by recent announcements. The rationale for many of these proposed mergers is increased...

Gestalt presents report on technology best practices for power system operators.(it/cis/crm)(Gestalt Systems Inc.)
July 1, 2005... Gestalt, a business and IT services firm providing strategic consulting and decision support technologies to the defense and energy and utilities industries, presented a report on Information Technology Guidelines for Power System Operators in...

Analyzing the benefits of AMR.(transmission & distribution)(automatic meter reading)
July 1, 2005... Automatic meter reading (AMR) involves more than replacing meter readers and producing more accurate customer bills. AMR is a pivotal information source that can drive enterprise efficiencies within distribution operations, asset management,...

Market implications of new coal-fired generation.(generation)
July 1, 2005... After years of focus on natural gas for its clean-burning characteristics, low commodity cost, short construction lead-time and low capital cost, building coal-fired plants to generate electricity is back on the table. In early 2005, the...

Giving a speech?(management methods)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... If you are, here are some tips: * Don't worry about diction. Bad" diction is really speech that attention to itself, detracting the listener's attention from what is being said. If yours doesn't do this, you're all right. * Talk...

The importance of excellence.(management methods)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... The people who tend to get ahead in this world always do their best. They are driven to compete not only with others, but with themselves. Toward that end, they follow a personal "zero defects" program, always trying to perform flawlessly. Even...

Do you really want that promotion?(management methods)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... There are people who are content to keep doing what they are doing. And some of them feel guilty--almost un-American about--their lack of ambition. No need to. There is nothing wrong with being what you are. As a matter of fact, the...