Electricity and competition
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- California players take action. // Transmission & Distribution World;Nov97, Vol. 49 Issue 12, p6
Focuses on the action taken by electricity market players in California to deal with changes that would result from deregulation. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (DWP) plans to lay off 2000 employees; Ordinance drawn up by the Pasadena City Council in order to be competitive;...
- Privatization: A means to boost state coffers. Eby, Michael; Hazan, Earl // Transmission & Distribution World;Jan98, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p22
Provides an overview of the global competition in the electric utility industry using a country-by-country snapshot of privatization efforts. Analysis of the privatization efforts of the countries in South America, Australia, Europe, Central America, Near and Middle East, and North America;...
- Deregulation: The show goes on. Hazan, Earl // Transmission & Distribution World;Mar98, Vol. 50 Issue 3, p49
Reports on the deregulation of electric utilities in the United States. Provision of customer choice in electricity; Agreement of different states to reformat existing operations; Implementation of measures to ensure competitiveness of generating facilities. INSET: The PECO story..
- Japan retail power sales to be deregulated. // Transmission & Distribution World;Jun98, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p8
Reports on a Japanese government panel's approval of the deregulation of the country's power sector.
- Belgium opens market to competition. // Transmission & Distribution World;Nov98, Vol. 50 Issue 12, p10
Focuses on the deregulation of the electricity market in Belgium. Response to a European Union directive on the liberalization of electricity markets throughout the union's 15 member states; Belgian government's approval of guidelines that will govern the competition.
- Living Life on the Wild Side. Bush, Rick // Transmission & Distribution World;Feb2000, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p4
Examines the decision of electric utilities in the United States to move into the deregulated sector. Examples of for-profit activities conducted by the companies; Background information on Power Delivery Field Services; Attributes of people in the regulated business.
- No Fairy Tale Ending. Bush, Rick // Transmission & Distribution World;Mar2001, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p8
Comments on the crisis facing California's electric utility industry. Impact of deregulation on the state's power crisis; Electric utilities that are near bankruptcy; Actions taken by businesses in California to address the power crisis; Bargain electric utilities have made with the state to...
- New moves to cut electric rates. // FoodService Director;2/15/97, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p30
Reports on the implications of plans to deregulate the electric power industry in the United States. Decline in utility costs; New Hampshire and Illinois' experimentation with competitive electric service models.
- First into deregulation, for better or worse. Shah, Angela // Bond Buyer;9/11/97 Supplement California, Vol. 321, p6A
Focuses on California's electric utility deregulation plans. Plans of the state's three leading investor-owned utilities to sell rate reduction bonds; Prediction of full-scale deregulation in southeastern states. INSETS: California's plan for electric utility deregulation.;Action on the federal...
- Congress will guide state electric utilities seeking deregulation. Shah, Angela // Bond Buyer;09/24/97, Vol. 321 Issue 30237, p1
Reports that several states are poised to follow California's lead in deregulating their electric utility systems. Congressional efforts to set a framework for states and localities to follow; Floatation of asset-backed securities to cover the utilities' stranded costs.
