Check out The Industrial Physicist (www.tipmagazine.com) October/November 2003, for another take. A big change has occured since de-regulation hit that the grid was not designed for. Local systems are responsible for but have no control over the energy flowing through their systems for trading purposes. ENRON and other companies are "gaming" the system.
Check out The Industrial Physicist www.tipmagazine.com October/November 2003. The problem is not regulation, it was a stupid form of de-regulation (much like and related to the deregulation that messed up california power systems) that allowed rampant energy trading leading to unpredictable load fluctuations. The grid was not designed for this sort of trading. The grid was "gamed".
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Check out The Industrial Physicist (www.tipmagazine.com) October/November 2003, for another take. A big change has occured since de-regulation hit that the grid was not designed for. Local systems are responsible for but have no control over the energy flowing through their systems for trading purposes. ENRON and other companies are "gaming" the system.
Check out The Industrial Physicist www.tipmagazine.com October/November 2003. The problem is not regulation, it was a stupid form of de-regulation (much like and related to the deregulation that messed up california power systems) that allowed rampant energy trading leading to unpredictable load fluctuations. The grid was not designed for this sort of trading. The grid was "gamed".