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After the Senate's failed effort to pass the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill, Congress could conclude that reducing greenhouse pollution is a political impossibility--the costs too high, the benefits too uncertain, […]

More than four generations of U.S. residents have come to accept the notion that electricity is best produced at large centralized power plants owned by monopolies. As a result, utilities […]

When federal lawmakers pass--or do not pass--legislation related to the production and use of energy, their actions ripple across society. Their decisions affect not only the mix of fuels, the […]

This nation's electric power industry is undergoing profound change. Just when lawmakers are replacing regulated monopolies with competitive entrepreneurs, a new generation of highly efficient, low-emission, modular power technologies is […]

Changes in the electric utility industry signal the end of the road for government-owned power companies. New power-generating technologies and low natural gas prices are spurting competition in the electricity […]

By clarifying federal policies and expanding local control, we can stimulate economic development as well as protect the environment. Thousands of factories, mills, and machine shops that once housed thriving […]

In 'Unleashing Innovation in Electricity Generation' (Issues, Spring 1998), I argued that removing the barriers to competition would disseminate state-of-the-art electric systems, foster technological innovations, double the U.S. electric system's […]