Peek at 2018
Great Year for Energy and Environment
There’s a premium on predictions, but the exception could be energy priorities in 2018.
Energy Policy & Legislation
FERC Gets It Right on DOE NOPR
Now What?
FERC was right to focus first on defining the issue on a regional basis, and only then to move towards solutions.
Should FERC Reconsider Policy Statement on Pipeline Certification?
Natural Gas Policy May be Outdated
FERC has the obligation to consider the environmental consequences of major projects, but assessing their effects on climate change, let alone measuring them, overstretches
its capability.
Grid Resilience
What’s in a Name?
It is not clear how FERC will define resilience. A key challenge will be to provide precision and certainty.
Regulators Must Ensure Integrity of Global Supply Chains
Reducing Threats to the Utility Industry
Public utility commissions have an opportunity and obligation to actively discuss and promote approaches to limit evolving threats.
Can of Worms
Energy Department NOPR Forcing Difficult Conversations
Parties are warring over whether preventing certain plants from retiring makes the grid resilient.
Renewable Energy Development
Era of the Paris Agreement
As renewables have become cheaper, it is now economical for developing nations to opt for clean power over fossil fuel generation.
Energy Politics and FERC
An Independent Agency?
The DOE proposal pushes FERC into a potential mid-life crisis.
Geothermal Cooperation in Kenya
New Zealand Shares Best Practices
How could Kenya utilize resources without infringing on cultural and spiritual beliefs? Halfway around the world, New Zealand faces a similar challenge.
Reading the Tea Leaves
Clues from DOE report
The recent DOE report gives FERC leadership plenty to consider, and FERC has no shortage of tools at its disposal should it decide to act.