Become a PUF Member Organization

Strategy & Planning

Phil Bartlett: New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners

Maine PUC

“One of the big issues we’ve been struggling with for a long time is that we are constrained in terms of natural gas pipelines coming into the region. That puts us at risk, particularly during winter months when gas gets prioritized for home heating, and there’s limited ability to bring in more gas to meet peak demand.”
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Phil Bartlett with Paul Kjellander

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Sarah Freeman: Mid-America Regulatory Conference

Indiana URC

“I’ll always promote the amazing educational programming at NARUC, and we’re fortunate to be members and to avail ourselves of that content. But for the smaller regions, we’re better able to tailor education to meet the needs of our states, which do differ, to a degree, across the country.”
Byline: 

Sarah Freeman with Paul Kjellander

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Commissioners at the Regional Conferences

Unique conversations

Conversations with Indiana URC Commissioner Sarah Freeman, Virginia SCC Commissioner Jehmal Hudson, New Mexico PRC Chair Patrick O’Connell, Maine PUC Chair Phil Bartlett, and Mississippi PSC Chair Chris Brown with Paul Kjellander on the MARC, MACRUC, WCPSC, NECPUC, and SEARUC conferences.
Byline: 

PUF

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Resilience, Demand Growth, and More

Entergy and PwC

“Utilities are focused on making sure they can meet the growth, but we’re also seeing the impact of continued weather events, extreme climate events that require a resilient, reliable grid. We have not seen a stop of those investments from a grid-modernization, grid-reliability perspective.”
Byline: 

Drew Marsh and Earl Simpkins

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Brain Capital and the Future Energy Workforce 

A Unique Set of Challenges

Electric companies work diligently to ensure that they have the dedicated and passionate workforce needed to meet the opportunities and challenges that our industry faces. These challenges include rapidly rising demand for electricity, increasing frequency of extreme weather events, and rapid technological advances that are changing how we do business and how our customers use electricity.

Byline: 

Lawrence Jones

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The Future of Energy Generation

Navigating Reliability and Growth

“Increased renewable energy does not mean an abrupt end to dispatchable resources. In fact, dispatchable hydro, batteries, coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants may need to last longer and operate more reliably on marginal days than they ever have before.”
Byline: 

Mike Caravaggio and Jeffery Preece

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My Takeaways from the Energy Evolution Summit

Building on Success

“One of my favorite moments? Celebrating this year’s SEPA Power Player Award winners. With over 100 impressive submissions from around the world, our judging panel had no easy task. But in the end, six winners rose to the top, each recognized for their innovation, impact, and ability to scale solutions through collaboration.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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