February 2002

Trends and Resources

HP Impact: Some energy producers continue expansion plans

Not long ago, the California energy crisis was reachingcatastrophic proportions. All eyes were on the states withderegulation looming on the horizon, wondering if the nextderegulated state would follo..

Weirauch, Wendy, Hydrocarbon Processing Staff

Not long ago, the California energy crisis was reaching catastrophic proportions. All eyes were on the states with deregulation looming on the horizon, wondering if the next deregulated state would follow in the steps of California. State governors and a newly elected Bush administration were scrambling for answers to prevent a regional crisis from becoming a national nightmare. That was then.Prior to that, researchers at Industrial Information Resources Inc. (IIR) had identified over 300,000 megawatts (MW) of new generation either under construction or in various stages of planning and development. The solution then was to build more power plants and add new capacity.

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