Senator Warner's View: Landmark FCC Order
National Security Strengthened
A key barrier has been the lack of spectrum availability to support those specialized networks. Now, thanks to this new FCC order, utilities can get access to that spectrum.
Energy Policy & Legislation
Chair Pai's View: Landmark FCC Order
Why the FCC Acted
There are many heroes in this drama, that ends with utilities getting the spectrum they need to build private LTE broadband networks, air-gapped from the very public Internet. But if we had to choose only one, it would be the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, who ushered the 900 megahertz proposal along an arduous path all the way to a final order.
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We Stopped the Presses
Utilities can secure their communications separate from the Internet, and create protected communications links with customers as the grid becomes two-way and more customer-centric.
FCC Allows Utilities Private LTE Broadband
Landmark May 13 Order
The FCC made a key segment of spectrum available for electric utilities to use for the broadband data platforms that will support the modern electric grid.
Why Dynamic Pricing Gets Back Seat in California
Dialogue
Conversation with former president and commissioner Mike Peevey with Brattle Group principal Ahmad Faruqui.
Chair of Europe's Energy Regulators Clara Poletti Talks with PUF
European Agencies
Conversation with commissioner Clara Poletti, Italian Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment, and chair, Board of Regulators of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
NARUC's Gas Committee
Two Staff Subcommittees
Conversation with New York PSC commissioner and gas committee chair Diane Burman, plus comments by vice chairs, subcommittee chairs and vice chairs.
Hawaii: Chris Lee
State Representative
“Today we are already well on the way to solving our energy problems. And if it can be done here, then it can be done elsewhere.”
NARUC Annual Meeting's Panel on ESG
Environmental, Social and Governance issues
Jim Kerr outlines how investor-owned companies, and Southern Company specifically, are responding to ESG issues with transparency and real environmental, social, and governance progress.
Net Neutrality is Back Once Again
Questions Remain
The result of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’s decision is a whole lot of uncertainty. If you are an electric utility, you don’t know for sure who will be allowed to attach their lines (or antennas) to your poles. If you are a state legislator or regulator, you don’t know if any laws or regulations you adopt will be upheld.