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Calendar of Events

DNV KEMA's 6th Annual Utility of the Future Leadership Forum
Jun 17, 2013 to Jun 19, 2013 | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland
Intersolar Europe
Jun 19, 2013 to Jun 21, 2013 | Munich, Germany
Energy Management Congress West
Jun 19, 2013 to Jun 20, 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada
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Reducing Rate Shocks

Original-cost ratemaking doesn’t suit the challenges facing utilities today.

A. Lawrence Kolbe, Philip Q Hanser, Bin Zhou

Levelized rates can serve customers’ interests, while also accelerating capital investment and providing an economic stimulus to the economy.

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Cost-Recovery for Pre-Approved Projects

Uncertainties remain, but recent cases provide guidance.

Patricia D. Galloway and David L. Cousineau

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Digest

DOE funds B&W to develop and license small modular reactor technology; Panda awards 758-MW...

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In the Situation Room

Presidential attention raises the priority level for cybersecurity.

By Michael T. Burr, Editor-in-Chief

Have industry leaders and regulators turned a corner on efforts to make the grid more secure?
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Industry in Transition

Utility CEOs face disruptive trends.

Michael T. Burr

Top executives at AEP, the California ISO, and El Paso Electric address key challenges and...

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Investor Sequester

State complaints over FERC-granted equity returns could dry up funding for transmission expansion.

Bruce W. Radford

Perhaps sensing the weight of evidence allayed against them, transmission owners have thrown...

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People

New Opportunities: FirstEnergy named James V.
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PPAs for DG

What every real property owner should know.

Nicholas A. Giannasca

Financing has been scarce for distributed generation. But as opportunities expand, commercial...

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Profit and the New Normal

Delivering value in a zero-growth market.

Kelly P. Gallant, Timothy P. Porter, Jack Azagury

Disruptive technologies and resource shifts are changing the utility business model. Market...

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Reducing Rate Shocks

Original-cost ratemaking doesn’t suit the challenges facing utilities today.

A. Lawrence Kolbe, Philip Q Hanser, Bin Zhou

Levelized rates can serve customers’ interests, while also accelerating capital investment and...

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Transactions

Atlantic Power sells 800 MW of generating capacity in Florida and Texas; Goldman Sachs bu
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Unleash the Genie

William Massey

Former FERC Commissioner Bill Massey says we shouldn't bottle the genie of competition as...

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Congestion on Trial

PJM and the crisis over FTR underfunding.

Bruce W. Radford

PJM’s latest crisis—the underfunding of financial transmission rights that we’ve seen ove
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