Strategy & Planning

Electricity or Natural Gas

Which Holds the Real Price Advantage?

The price of electricity per Btu based on marginal costs may be considerably lower than the price of natural gas when the grid is primarily supplied by wind and solar.

A New Face For PBR

Aligning Incentives in the Electric Utility Ecosystem

Incentives for most performance-based regulation do little to move the Utility of the Future agenda forward.

CFO Roundtable, Part 1

More Strategy in the CFO’s Responsibilities

A discussion with Bob Frenzel, CFO, Xcel Energy; Marty Lyons, CFO, Ameren; and Drew Marsh, CFO, Entergy.

Picture Energy: Huge Indoor Farm in Downtown Newark

AeroFarms in New Jersey

A smart warehouse full of growing plants. Lettuce, kale and other leafy greens.

If you saw the movie The Martian you'll get the idea right away. But on a much bigger scale. And not on Mars, but in Newark, New Jersey.

AeroFarms is an agriculture company that uses vertical farming to produce 130 to 390 times the output of a conventional farm. It's all done indoors under LED lights. The lights shine at a specific intensity and spectrum that's tailored to each plant.