Government, Utilities, Public Interacting
An Evolving Conundrum
The key is to utilize the Internet of Things to enable real-time communication of data, ideas, policy preferences, and decision-making.
Energy Policy & Legislation
Remember to Breathe: Quick and Clean Infrastructure
Not Mission: Impossible
Every bill seems tough to move on the Hill these days. One possible exception? Infrastructure.
Boards and Regulators Questions Asked
Finding Good Answers
Here is a list of questions my board member wanted me to answer.
Energy Efficiency in The Big Easy
Vulnerable City Plans for Future
New Orleans ranked third among forty-eight cities for highest median home energy burden.
TVA-PMA Privatization
A Bad Policy Idea That Refuses to Die
We hope Congress will reject the proposed sale of TVA and PMA transmission assets and the proposed conversion to market-based rates.
Remember to Breathe
Coordinating Three Missions
When air quality standards and rules change, they profoundly affect the power sector.
Will Demand Charges Accelerate Adoption of Behind-the-Meter Storage? Part 2
Potential Unintended Consequences
A high-level assessment of the largest utilities’ exposure levels and the importance of the development of a thorough understanding and segmentation of customers.
Public Will, Public Interest
Regulators’ Responsibilitie
Public utility regulation is not based on the principle of “popular will” as that is nowhere in the statutes or difficult to be found.
How German Energiewende's Renewables Integration Points the Way
Reliability Increased
In spite of the fact that Germany is meeting nearly a fifth of its electricity requirements with VREs while retiring inflexible thermal generation, the nation has not experienced reliability problems.
Do Load Shapes of PV Customers Differ?
Implications for Rate Design
A load shape for PV customers that is materially different from the status quo residential customer may be sufficient grounds to implement a separate rate class.