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EPA's Deadline for NOx Emissions Could Cause Power Shortages
Source: NCPA / Inside EPA
Country: United States

A new study concludes the electric power industry in the United States cannot meet electricity demands and comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions at the same time. In other words: "rolling blackouts" courtesy of the Feds. (8/98)

Power price caps have created shortages
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

"Officials in California and Nevada have admitted that controls on wholesale electricity prices throughout the western states imposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have worsened power shortages." (07/09/01)

U.S. is most energy-efficient nation
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

"According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, for every $1 million of GDP produced [in the U.S.], just 76 tons of oil-equivalent were needed; for the OECD as a whole, the average was 151 tons." (05/29/01)

The problem with price controls
Source: NCPA
Author: Bruce Bartlett
Country: United States

"Controls break down in part because so many exceptions must be made for the economy to function. Although price caps on electricity in California are just a few weeks old, they are already breaking down." (07/16/01)

Consumer choice will reduce electricity prices and their volatility
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: Vernon L. Smith
Country: United States

Experiments conducted at the economic sciences lab at the University of Arizona show that giving consumers the options of pricing power at different rates at different times of the day vastly reduced price volatility. (05/01)

A national report on America's energy crisis
Source: Tech Central Station
Author: Spencer Abraham
Country: United States

The U.S. Energy Secretary says: "America's current energy supply crisis is not due to some inevitable neo-Malthusian depletion of resources. The United States -- and our North American and hemispheric neighbors -- are blessed with a rich abundance of natural resources. It's political leadership that has been scarce." (03/28/01)

Time-of-day electricity pricing
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

"Time-of-day electricity pricing could even out demand, because wholesale prices are near zero at night." (06/08/01)

Demonstrating the benefits of choice
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Lynne Kiesling
Country: United States

"The recent electricity experiments of Vernon Smith, Bart Wilson, and Steve Rassenti, of George Mason University and the Mercatus Center, illustrate the power of experimental methodology to create information about what is likely, and what we cannot predict, from different features of electricity deregulation." (10/09/02)

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