News Coverage

Editorials & Opinions

- A Complete Waste of Energy, Los Angeles Times, 10.29.03

- Deregulated energy not a bright idea, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9.16.03

- What's that whining sound in the dark?, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 9.01.03

- Power play: The historic Northeastern blackout calls for another look at a deregulation policy that has led to strains on the power grid, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), 8.28.03

- Put public interest first, USA Today, 8.27.03

- An Industry Trapped by a Theory, The New York Times, 8.16.03

- Federal Agency Plans Electric Power Grab, Albuquerque Journal, 4.30.03

- U.S. senators should unplug deregulation bill, Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) 4.30.03

- Stop FERC’s power grab, The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.), 4.28.03

- FERC, lend an ear to NW concerns, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12.19.02

- Deregulation remains a bad deal for consumers, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11.08.02

- Kill the Energy Bill, The New York Times, 10.05.02

- FERC: California here we come!, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9.23.02

- Editorial Cartoon, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9.20.02

- It appears FERC just hasn't learned, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), 8.12.02

- Northwest needs answers to fed's power grab, The Seattle Times, 8.04.02

- Feds cannot be trusted to run the system, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8.01.02

 

News Articles

- Grid Plan Upsets the Utilities, Albuquerque Journal, 10.27.03

- States won't subsidize grid, Southern governors say their states shouldn't pay, Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, W. Va.), 9.23.03

- Colorado resists power grid reform, The Denver Post, 9.18.03

- Expert: NW power grid safe but not foolproof, The Seattle Times, 9.11.03

- State fears feds' power play,  The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.), 9.10.03

- State regulators pan power plan, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9.10.03

- Virginia Board Advises Congress to Slow Down Bid to Deregulate Power Industry, The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.), 9.03.03

- Perdue voices objections to energy proposal, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9.03.03

- Bush Backs Delay of Transmission Standard, The Associated Press, 8.18.03

- Abraham Says Bush to Go Slow on Power Grid Rules, Reuters, 8.17.03

- Republicans seek to delay FERC grid rules-sources, Reuters, 8.01.03

- Pull the Plug on Electricity Re-Regulation, National Review, 7.14.03

- With Electricity Rate Rise, Price Controls End, The New York Times, 7.11.03

- FERC’s standard market plan becomes focus of House hearing, Public Power Weekly, 3.10.03

- Energy plan hotly opposed, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1.11.03

- Energy official fights federal proposal, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.), 1.06.03

- State energy official no fan of FERC plan, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.), 12.14.02

- Energy bill delay a victory--for now, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11.20.02

- Showalter, Kerr answer biggest question facing power industry, Restructuring Today, 11.15.02

- Why SMD should be blocked, Restructuring Today, 11.14.02

- (Washington state Attorney General) Gregoire fights U.S. standardized power market plan, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.), 11.14.02

- Regional power grid could increase costs in Carolinas, The Charlotte Observer, 11.08.02

- SE power grid costs top benefits-state regulators, Reuters, 11.07.02

- Three provisos suggested for power proposal, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 11.07.02

- Nethercutt opposes power play against BPA, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), 10.31.02

- Inside FERC, 10.28.02

- Electric Co-Ops Object to Energy Bill Pending in U.S. House, Tulsa World, 10.16.02

- U.S. Energy Sector Has Hit A Credit Crisis, S&P Reports, The Wall Street Journal, 10.15.02

- Free Markets Are Great--but Not for Electricity, BusinessWeek, 10.14.02

- Slim Energy Bill May Result From Delay of Divisive Issues, The Wall Street Journal, 10.11.02

- Opposition to FERC proposal reflects fundamental economic characteristics, consumer report contends, Electric Light & Power, 10.08.02

- Inside FERC, 10.07.02

- Breathitt: FERC Should Delay SMD, 10.03.02

- Consumer, producer groups shoot at energy bill provisions, CongressDaily, 10.01.02

- CPUC head, utility union rally fight vs. U.S. energy bill, Dow Jones International News, 9.29.02

- Energy bill threatens price and supply of electricity, consumer groups warn, Electric Light & Power, 9.26.02

- FERC’s SMD plan finds slim support at Senate hearing, American Public Power Assoc., 9.23.02

- South locked in power play with federal panel, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 9.20.02

- Western lawmakers assail federal power proposal, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9.18.02

- Patton criticizes power plan, says Kentucky rates would rise, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), 9.18.02

- Testing FERC’s resolve, Scientech, 9.18.02

- Federal Push for Electricity Deregulation Will Cost Consumers Tens of Billions, Consumer Federation of America, 9.18.02

- Proposed single power market could be costly in NW, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.), 9.17.02

- CFA Report urges immediate moratorium on deregulatory efforts, 8.29.02

- Governors warn of energy problems, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), 8.24.02

- Northeast U.S. frets over federal power grid plan, Reuters, 8.22.02

- Utility Regulators Expect Major Federal-State Conflicts over Electricity Reforms, 5.07.02

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