The Feds

“I’ve been warning that we’re heading for a reliability crisis. It’s a simple Econ 101 equation. Supply is going down with premature retirements of generation and not building enough. Then, we’re seeing exponential increase in demand.”

“Order 1920 in some ways may sound drastic in terms of the magnitude of change. But it provides an opportunity to evaluate transmission more creatively, more holistically.”

“FERC wants to have a better understanding of how those capacities will change based on more accurate ambient weather conditions. FERC increased the reporting requirement from two seasonal ratings to four seasonal ratings and added a ten-day ambient adjusted rating requirement based on forecasted hourly temperatures.”

“The reality is that how regulators rule on the accessibility and availability of utility data may determine whether a state can remotely achieve state decarbonization goals.”

“While many updates and improvements have been made to these funding opportunities, they are grounded in the original legislation from 2007.”

“Regulators should expect a utility’s portfolio of research projects to have some failures.”

Richard Glick on his aspirations, FERC overall, and the country’s energy future.

A conversation with Commissioner Maida Coleman, Missouri PSC.

The three mortal sins of utility regulation are ideology, ignorance and inertia (the three I's). Acting on political beliefs, inadequate information, and past conditions that no longer exist is a recipe for poor regulation.