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Connecting the dots
A simple regulatory fix to the coming power crisis |
Sean Casten |
18 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Our electric regulatory model is broken. It preferentially deploys expensive power sources before cheap ones. It compares the variable costs of dirty fuels to the all-in costs of clean fuels and deludes itself into thinking that the dirty, expensive power is economically advantaged. It places the interests of utility shareholders above the interests of other potential investors in our power grid, massively skewing capital allocation, even while it insulates utility in ... |
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| Topics: economy, energy, energy efficiency, regulation, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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