The States

A conversation with the Director and Deputy Director for Utility Accounting and Finance.

“We do complement each other. Judge Jagdmann has the experience and depth of knowledge. Judge Hudson coming from FERC, has that federal experience. My experience is more on the public policy side.”

“We Commissioners also work with HR, the CAO, and the Comptroller's Office to address matters related to running the business side of the agency.”

“Each Commissioner is Chair once every three years. If you weren’t already inclined to be collegial, this practice provides a little extra incentive.”

Conversations with the chair, commissioners and more.

“ERCOT actually didn’t drop the ball, believe it or not. In order to maintain grid stability, they needed to do these outages to prevent a cascading situation where we would have weeks before they were coming online.”

PUF reviews Judge Richard Cudahy’s famous 1995 article on the so-called Midnight Connection that led to the disconnection of the Texas grid from the eastern and western grids. Even more relevant today given the ERCOT meltdown.

State lawmakers are exploring ways to integrate energy storage into their grid modernization efforts, with legislatures considering nearly two hundred energy storage bills in 2020.

A conversation with Staff serving less than two years: Senior Customer Service Specialist Dyne Day, Sr. Regulatory Analyst, Rates, Miriam Streat, Receptionist and Administrative Assistant Melissa Mah, Sr. Regulatory Analyst Damon Boyle, Sr. Regulatory Analyst, Rates, Sumeer Sharma, Regulatory Engineer, Facilities and Planning Ivan Lapczak, and Regulatory Analyst King-yi Chan.

A conversation with Sr. Economist Leon Cheung, Sr. Regulatory Specialist Laurel Ross, Acting Commission Secretary Marija Tresoglavic, Sr. Compliance Analyst Katharine Friesen, Sr. Regulatory Analyst Phil Stallard, and Manager of Energy Supply, Compliance and MRS Ian Homer.