September/October 2009 (Vol. 34 No. 5)

Features

• A POWERFUL THIRST - Water Fight
  
• SMART CLIMATE POLICY AND THE GREEN ECONOMY - A FORBES/ELECTRIC PERSPECTIVES SPECIAL SECTION
  
• NOT THE SAME - Commodity and derivatives markets for power defy standardization.  Market reformer should take heed.
  
• THE PATH MODEL - A Path For Transmission
  

News & Trends

• NEWS AND TRENDS - Solar energy zones...demand response potential...new lighting standards...natural gas estimates...nuclear plant neighbors...noisier electric cars...floating nuclear reactors...tour des trees...and more.
  

Departments

• ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT WORK -

  ACCEPTING CODES AND STANDARDS

  
  
• RELIABILITY - American Transmission Company and Northeast Utilities won the 2009 Edison Award for completing extensive transmission projects that improved reliability and operation for their respective service territories.
  
• REGULATION - Shareholder-owned electric utilities filed 22 new general rate cases in the second quarter, breaking the previous record of 21 filings in the third quarter of 2008 and resulting in the most active quarter in decades.
  
• CREDIT RATINGS - At 34 actions, ratings activity for the first half of 2009 ws slightly ahead of last year's pace, but well below that of the previous six years.
  
• SAFETY -

  The real secret ingredient for an enduring and effective safety program is to create a culture of prevention throughout your company.

  
  
• ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE - Power and gas need OTC trading.