The Environmental Protection Agency has recently published the Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (E-GRID). This database contains emission data from resources such as coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, solar, and wind of nearly every power plant in the United States for 1996. The factsheet is available in .pdf format or can be downloaded as a WordPerfect file. In addition, the...

The EIA has produced a new booklet titled The Restructuring of the Electric Power Industry to educate the public about what is happening in the electric power industry. The booklet covers the topics of generating components, wholesale and retail electric markets, reasons for deregulation, steps to promote competition, and utilities' strategies to prepare for competition.