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The type, scope, and frequency of both internal and external risks facing the energy and utility industry have increased significantly. To meet ... Read Article

With the collapse of energy trading and the slowing of retail deregulation, energy and utility companies are going back to the basics. ... Read Article

Within the energy industry, the merchant sector has gone from one of the most promising areas to one of the most troubled. ... Read Article

As a result of the early failures of deregulation in the United States, we have learned two critically important lessons about the ... Read Article

The casualties continue to mount in the devastated landscape of the post-Enron world. We know now that Enron was the beginning of ... Read Article

The average electricity customer has fled from electricity restructuring, returned to the utility from competitive suppliers, and voted for politicians who kill ... Read Article

Recent events in the energy marketplace and the failure of unregulated businesses have put greater emphasis on regulated businesses. Given this backdrop, ... Read Article

Reliable, low-cost electric energy makes the American economy go. It is the essential service, so necessary to modern life that its momentary ... Read Article

Energy companies transact close to a million dollars a day for physical delivery in markets run by independent systems operators. The settlement ... Read Article

In the post-Cold War era, we supposedly all understand the benefits of privatization and the deregulation of markets. They bring efficiency, innovation, ... Read Article

To say that the Seabrook nuclear power station has had a tumultuous history is an understatement. The Boston Globe called it the ... Read Article

Major states were continuing to open retail electric and gas markets to full competition-in response, great plans were being laid, and extensive ... Read Article

Ineffective Maintenance Can Have a Significant Impact When things go well, maintenance is an activity that is often invisible to senior management. ... Read Article

Numerous challenges and opportunities face companies that offer energy-related services to commercial customers and end consumers. The marketplace is large, competitive and ... Read Article

A paradigm shift in the utilities industry has been underway for some time now. For decades the industry was characterized by regional ... Read Article