Electricity is a commodity that has captured the attention of Americans, from its creation to the present and onward to projections of the future. From an object of luxury to a mainstream "staff of life" and forward into the sophisticated...

An electricity market is a system for effecting the purchase and sale of electricity using supply and demand to set the price. Wholesale transactions in electricity are typically cleared and settled by the grid operator or a special-purpose independent...

Electricity is predicted to become the largest and fastest growing commodity in the New York Mercantile Exchange if plans to deregulate the electricity industry are approved by the government. The San Diego Gas and Electric Co. has proposed 'PoolCo,' a power pool program that...

...California's well-intentioned attempt to introduce competition into the electricity business fell afoul of the law of unintended consequences, with disastrous results. What can other states learn from its dilemma?... A failed experiment? A case of blatant manipulation of electricity markets for the...

Australia must place a price on carbon emissions to fight climate change, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday in an apparent softening on his refusal to join in global emissions trading.Australia, the world's largest exporter of coal, joined the United States is refusing to sign...

One of Pennsylvania's most powerful politicians announced on the state Senate floor Monday that he expects to be indicted soon in an extortion case and that he was temporarily giving up a key committee post.Sen. Vincent J. Fumo, a Philadelphia Democrat, said he would likely...