Electricity-related Analysis Restructuring
Residential Electricity Prices: A Consumer's Guide
Consumer information about electricity prices.
Pages: 2, released: August 2007, periodicity: Annual, contact, National Energy Information Center (202) 586-8800.
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2003:
U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases in 2003 totaled 6,935.7 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent, 0.7 percent more than in 2002 (6,890.9 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent).
Pages: 124, released: December 2004, periodicity: One-time, contact Perry Lindstrom (202)586-0934
Analysis of S. 485, the Clear Skies Act of 2003, and S. 843, the Clean Air Planning Act of 2003
On July 30, 2003, Senator James M. Inhofe requested “the Energy Information Administration to undertake analyses of S.843, The Clean Air Planning Act of 2003, introduced by Senator Thomas Carper, and S.485, Clear Skies Act of 2003.” Senator Inhofe also asked the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to analyze S. 485 without the mercury provisions and S. 843 without the mercury and carbon dioxide provisions. This service report responds to both requests.
Pages: 139, released: September 2003, periodicity: One-time, contact Michael Mellish (202)586-2136
Analyses of Selected Provisions of Proposed Energy Legislation: 2003
On July 31, 2003, Sen. Byron L. Dorgan requested that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) perform a quantitative analysis of the energy consumption and oil savings that would result from the Senate (H.R.6.EAS) and House (H.R.6.EH) energy bills in support of the Senate and House conferees. This report responds to that request by summarizing EIA’s analysis of those provisions that have the largest potential to affect energy consumption and supply.
Pages: 86, released: September 2003, periodicity: One-time, contact T. Crawford Honeycutt (202)586-1420
The Electric Transmission Network: A Multi-Region Analysis
This paper examines the ability of the existing transmission network to respond efficiently to increased trade over four reliability regions in the northeastern United States. A power flow model is used to analyze the potential for expanding electricity trade, given the operational constraints of the transmission system and the availability and cost of generators.
Pages: 2, released: August 2002, periodicity: One-time, contact Thomas J. Leckey (202)586-3548
Analysis of Strategies for Reducing Multiple Emissions from Power Plants: Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, and Carbon Dioxide
Recently, some have proposed plans requiring coordinated multi-emission reductions. This analysis responds to a request from the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform to examine the costs of such multi-emission reduction strategies.
Pages: 281, released: December 2000, periodicity: One-time, contact Thomas J. Lecky (202) 586-3548
The Comprehensive Electricity Competition Act: A Comparison of Model Results
This report was prepared in response to a request from Secretary of Energy for EIA to "use the National Energy Modeling System to evaluate the effects of the Administration's restructuring proposal using the parameter settings and assumptions from the POEMS (Policy Office Electricity Modeling System) analysis."
Pages: 78, released: September 1999, periodicity: One-time, contact National Energy Information Center (NEIC)(202) 586-8800
Electricity Prices in a Competitive Environment (also available in printer-friendly version
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This report presents the results of an analysis that focuses on two questions: (1) How are prices for competitive generation services likely to differ from regulated prices if competitive prices are based on marginal costs rather than regulated "cost-of-service" pricing? (2) What impacts will the competitive pricing of generation services (based on marginal costs) have on electricity consumption patterns, production costs, and the financial integrity of electricity suppliers?
Pages: 119, released: August 1997, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert T. Eynon (202) 586-2315
The Effects of Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 on Electric Utilities: An Update (also available in printer-friendly version
)The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 address numerous air quality problems in the United States that were not entirely covered in earlier legislation. One of these problems is acid rain caused by sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from fossil-fueled electric power plants and, to a lesser extent, from other industrial and transportation sources
Pages: 116, released: March 1997, periodicity: One-time, contact Ronald Hankey (202)586-2630
Electricity Generation and Environmental Externalities: Case Studies (also available in printer-friendly version
)Electricity constitutes a critical input in sustaining the Nation’s economic growth and development and the well-being of its inhabitants. However, there are by-products of electricity production that have an undesirable effect on the environment. Most of these are emissions introduced by the combustion of fossil fuels, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of the total electricity generated in the United States.
Pages: 94, released: September 1995, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
Performance Issues for a Changing Electric Power Industry (also available in printer-friendly version
)This report addresses the reliability of the bulk power electric system, which consists of electric generating plants and the transmission network.
Pages: 56, released: January 1995, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
Financial Impacts of Nonutility Power Purchases on Investor-Owned Electric Utilities(also available in printer-friendly version
)The primary purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the issues surrounding the financial impacts of nonutility generation contracts (since the passage of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978) on investor-owned utilities.
Pages: 123, released: June 1994, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
Electric Utility Phase I Acid Rain Compliance Strategies for the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
The purpose of this report is to provide information on strategies utilities are using to comply with Phase I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and estimates of the costs of selected utilities for compliance. Compliance strategies are discussed including technological considerations and costs for the six main strategies: (1) fuel switching and/or blending, (2) obtaining additional allowances, (3) installing flue gas desulfurization equipment (scrubbers), (4) using previously implemented controls, (5) retiring facilities, and (6) boiler repowering. Impacts on coal demand and supply are also examined.
Pages: 118, released: March 1994, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
Renewable Resources in the U.S. Electricity Supply(also available in printer-friendly version
)The report provides an introductory overview of current and long-term forecasted uses of renewable resources in the Nation's electricity market-place, the largest domestic application of renewable resources today. It is intended for a general audience, but it should be of particular interest to public utility analysts, policy and financial analysts, investment firms, trade associations, Federal and State regulators, and legislators.
Pages: 91, released: February 1993, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
Federal Restructuring Legislation 108th, 107th and 106th Congresses which dealt both directly and indirectly with the issue of restructuring the U.S. electric power industry.
Pages: N/A, released: May 2005 periodicity: One-time, contact Robert Schnapp (202) 586-5114
Electricity Transmission in a Restructured Industry (also available in printer-friendly version
)This report examines how well existing official transmission data inform policymakers about interstate electricity transmission in four areas- reliability, financial performance and investment (transmission investment and rate of return), wholesale power markets and competition-as the industry restructures. The other purpose is to determine whether currently unavailable data could in fact be obtained.
Pages: 66, released: December 2004, periodicity: One-time, contact Douglas R. Hale (202) 287-1801
Status of State Electric Utility Deregulation/Restructuring Activity
Provides
a map and chart, updated monthly, showing the status of deregulation
and restructuring activities by state.Pages: 178, released: February 2003, periodicity: Discontinued, contact Channele Wirman (202)586-5356
The Changing Structure of the Electric Power Industry 2000: An Update (also available in printer-friendly version
)The U.S. electric power industry, the last major regulated energy industry in the United States, is changing to be more competitive. In some States, retail electricity customers can now choose their electricity company. New wholesale electricity trading markets, which were previously nonexistent, are now operating in many regions of the country.
Pages: N/A, released: October 2000, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
Electricity Restructuring Fact Sheets This series of fact sheets, each devoted to one of the current hot topics concerning electricity deregulation, is designed to answer today's most frequently asked questions about the industry.
Pages: 143, released: October 2000, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
The Restructuring of the Electric Power Industry -- A Capsule of Issues and Events
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This booklet is an update to the original which was published in 1996. It offers an overview of electric power industry restructuring including the major changes that have already occurred, their causes, and current events. Pages: 36, released: January 13, 2000 periodicity: As Needed, contact National Energy Information Center (202) 586-8800
Challenges of Electric Power Industry Restructuring for Fuel Suppliers - Summary (also available in printer-friendly version
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This report examines the potential impacts of restructuring of the U.S. electric power industry on the markets for electricity generation fuels--coal, nuclear, natural gas, petroleum, and renewable energy.
Pages: 142, released: September 1998, periodicity: One-time, contact Robert M. Schnapp (202)586-5114
The Restructuring of the Electric Power Industry -- A Capsule of Issues and Events
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Offers an overview of electric power industry restructuring including the major changes that have already occurred, their causes, and current events. Pages: 28, released: 1997 periodicity: As Needed, contact National Energy Information Center (202) 586-8800
Electricity Reform Abroad and U.S. Investment
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Looks at how Argentina, Australia, and the United Kingdom each addressed their country's electricity sector reform. Pages: 107, released: September 1997 periodicity: One-time, contact National Energy Information Center (202) 586-8800
"Restructuring Energy Industries: Lessons from Natural Gas" The natural gas industry has been undergoing a restructuring similar to the transition now confronting the electric power industry. This article presents a summary of some of these gas industry experiences to provide a basis for some insights into energy industry restructuring.
Pages: 15, released: May 1997, periodicity: One-time, contact National Energy Information Center (202) 586-8800