Electricity

Consumer Federation Of America And American Public Power Association Renew Calls For Reform Of Nation’s Restructured Electricity Markets, 12/13/12. (PDF)
Speculation: a Key Cause of Rising Gas Prices, 04/05/12. (PDF)
Enhanced Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Standards Can Save Consumers $200 Billion per Year by 2030, 05/21/09. (PDF)
CFA Lauds Passage of Senate Energy Bill, 12/14/07. (PDF)
New CFA Report: Consumer Energy Costs Skyrocket; Strong Support for Congressional Action, Poll Shows, 10/30/07. (PDF)
Federal Electricity Proposal Risky for Consumers, 11/13/02. (Read More)
Federal Push for Electricity Deregulation Will Cost Consumers Tens of Billions, 09/18/02. (PDF)

Have Restructured Wholesale Electricity Markets Benefitted Consumers?, 12/13/12. (PDF)
Building on the Success of Energy Efficiency Programs to Ensure an Affordable Energy Future: State by State Savings on Residential Utility Bills, 02/23/10. (PDF)
A Consumer Analysis of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Standards: The Cornerstone of Consumer-Friendly Energy/Environmental Policy, 05/20/09. (PDF)
No Time to Waste: America's Energy Situation is Dangerous, But Congress Can Adopt New Policies to Secure Our Future, 10/30/07. (PDF)
Electricity Deregulation Puts Pressure on the Transmission Network and Increases its Cost, 08/28/03. (PDF)
A Discouraging Word (or Two or Three or Four) About Electricity Restructuring in Texas, Pennsylvania, New England and Elsewhere, 03/01/03. (PDF)
All Pain, No Gain: Restructuring and Deregulation in the Interstate Electricity Market, 09/18/02. (PDF)

Consumer Group Letter to President-elect Obama Re: Electricity's Key Role in Policy Agenda, 11/20/08. (PDF)
Re: New CFA Study Finds $400 Billion in Savings by 2020 From CAFE, Biofuels and R.E.S. Provisions in Energy Legislation, 10/31/07. (PDF)
Cooper Spells Out Do's and Don'ts for Federal Response to Blackout, 09/09/03. (PDF)
Comments to FERC on Standard Electricity Market Design, 11/15/02. (PDF)
An Economic Explanation of Why the West and South Want to Avoid Being Infected by FERC's SMD and Why Marketing Monitoring is Not An Effective Cure for the Disease, Statement of Dr. Mark N. Cooper to the SMD Market Metrics Conference, 10/02/02. (PDF)