Leonard Hyman
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Why Utility Profits Could Be the Next Target (opens the original)
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Electricity prices are heading up. Utility operating costs, raw materials, and fuel (obviously), are all heading up and no sign of stopping. Now higher capital costs courtesy of the Fed can also be expected. All we can say is that it seems like inflation is back, baby. The Fed recently raised its discount rate and Treasury bond yields hit 5%—their highest level in almost two decades. A utility's cost of capital consists of two parts: 1) the return earned on a risk-free investment (like US Treasu
Can Utilities Cash In on AI Without Making Consumers Pay? | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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If GENCO is the answer, then what is the question? Simply put, is GENCO the answer to the question of how the electric industry can get into the AI action without compromising utility finances and disadvantaging the rest of the customers? First, some history. The word GENCO (short for generating company) was applied to independent (unregulated) generators that proliferated like rabbits after deregulation at the turn of the century. A large number of them went bankrupt due to overcapacity, demand
Can Utilities Cash In on AI Without Making Consumers Pay? (opens the original)
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If GENCO is the answer, then what is the question? Simply put, is GENCO the answer to the question of how the electric industry can get into the AI action without compromising utility finances and disadvantaging the rest of the customers? First, some history. The word GENCO (short for generating company) was applied to independent (unregulated) generators that proliferated like rabbits after deregulation at the turn of the century. A large number of them went bankrupt due to overcapacity, demand
Gary’s Two-Week Blackout Is a Warning for America | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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After two weeks of darkness, power has been restored to all the citizens of Gary, Indiana, an old, low income, lakefront, industrial city within sight of Chicago. The outage did get some national publicity, TV stories showing the residents of Gary roaming around in the hot nights, showing empty refrigerators in dark apartments, complaining bitterly. But, you know, not a story as spectacular as when an electric company burned down an entire island or when another one managed to set fire to Pacifi
The Next Energy Crisis Could Be a Water Crisis | OilPrice.com (opens the original)
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Strategic shortfalls? Maybe in getting cobalt out of the Congo or rare earth powders from China or natural gas from Russia or oil from the Persian Gulf? Or maybe something closer to home. Thanks to climate change (yes, just say it and hope the big boss doesn’t hear you), temperatures have risen, and rainfall patterns have changed dramatically. As an example of the consequences, the Colorado River’s flow has diminished and Lake Mead, its principal reservoir, has dropped to record low water levels
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