Risk Staff

US body calls for electricity reliability organisation

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) says the creation of an electricity reliability organisation with regulatory oversight is vital for developing and enforcing mandatory reliability rules and standards for US power sector participants.

01 Oct 2003

Switching off to save cash

High electricity price volatility over the European summer has raised awareness of interruptible power contracts, finds James Ockenden

01 Oct 2003

Enron files complaint against six of its former banks

Houston-based Enron last month filed a court complaint against six of its former banks, claiming they gave bad financial advice that contributed to its demise in late 2001. As a bankrupt company, Enron is required to try to recover as much as it can for…

01 Oct 2003

Commodities

Farms weather power shortages

Farmers in both hemispheres are struggling to cope with heat waves and droughts while pondering the prospect of future power supply disruptions, finds Maria Kielmas

01 Oct 2003

Technology

Getting it together

Data consolidation is now a vital foundation to any successful risk management implementation, as Dave Rose and Stuart Cook of The Structure Group report

01 Oct 2003

People

Banks and hedge funds – a case of trading places

George Soros may be more interested these days in his charities, geopoliticsand philosophy, than he is in finance. But, like an old sailor, the talent ofsmelling which way the wind is blowing has yet to completely aban- don him.