Abstract

Thi s article discusses what it will take to finally make retail accessand cons umer choice happen. Many of the components are in place orar e in the process of being addressed . These include FERC's Jurisdictionover wh olesale rates and transmission tariffs; and the historic December1998 California Public Utilities Commission's decision, at the urging ofthe California Alliance for Distributed Energy Resources (CADER), tobegin a rulemaking on Distributed Generation.With the federal role being solidified and definitive and progres-siv e rules expected from the initiative in California and other states, thefocu s now shifts to the practical side of retail competition. In a nutshell,th e mak e-or-br eak of fully competitive retail markets rests in Internetappliances and the start-up firms that are developing them .

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