The state is diverging from the national trend.
Shale revolution catches fire, surpassing coal – in America, and soon around the world.
Regulatory and environmental challenges for power plant conversions under the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.
Portfolio theory points to energy efficiency as invaluable in resource planning.
How recent events could prove a harbinger of winters to come.
Survival in the new market requires embracing new technologies and practices.
The state regulator’s perspective on gas infrastructure inspections and investments.
As aging pipelines bring safety concerns, regulators and utilities must cooperate to ensure investments deliver the greatest value for customers.
Portfolio planning in the age of gas.
PUCs are concerned that a rapid shutdown of coal-fired plants will start a full-tilt dash to gas—similar to the one that caused bankruptcies among independent power producers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But this time around, ratepayers and not IPP investors will be stuck with the risk, if utilities rush to add all that new gas-fired capacity to rate base.
How suppliers and generators can each gain from today’s historic low prices.
Gas-fired generators and suppliers alike can each share risk and reward from historic low prices with contracts that blend market and fixed prices
Lacking regulatory oversight, financial hedges turn into risky speculation.