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Closing the Safety Gap

Bringing Electrical Safety Education to the Next Generation

“Reliability and resilience are not only technical achievements. They are human ones, built on education, awareness, and trust, and sometimes the most important investment we can make is teaching a teenager what to do when a wire comes down.”
Byline: 

Geoffrey Greene

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Have Data Centers Caused Electricity Rate Increases?

EPRI Study Finds Downward Rate Pressure

“This research is the first to estimate the price impact of new load from data centers using a causal methodology. The study concludes that, on average, data centers put downward pressure on residential electricity rates during the period analyzed.”
Byline: 

Asa Watten and Geoff Blanford

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The Utility of the Future Is Already Here

Weaving Technologies into a System that Remains Reliable, Resilient, and Affordable

“The energy industry is moving beyond innovation for innovation’s sake. We’re entering a period where success will be measured less by the technologies we deploy and more by how effectively we integrate them into the way we plan, operate, and regulate the electric system.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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Do You Know Your OT from Your IT?

It’s Not Just About Water

“Root cause analysis in incident response is more complicated as industrial automation grows. New scenarios need to be blended by the planning team to incorporate thinking and questioning as to what might be possible and what an adversary would have to do to attack the water system.”
Byline: 

Mary-Anna Holden and Butch Howard

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An Evolution in WMP Best Practices

Ounce of Prevention

“The opportunity now is to make Wildfire Mitigation Plans more understandable, comparable, and evaluator-friendly, much as integrated resource and transmission plans became over time.”
Byline: 

Sam Kozel and Donald McPhail

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Exelon's Bright Idea

Innovating for Customers, Building the Future

Conversations with Exelon CEO Calvin Butler, Chief Operating Officer Mike Innocenzo, SVP and Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer Sunny Elebua, and PHI Vice President of Transmission and Substations Amber Young.
Byline: 

Calvin Butler et al.

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Innovation for the People

Historic Challenges Viewed Through a Fresh Len

When old answers no longer match today’s challenges, we have to change how we look at the problem. Real innovation isn’t just corporate buzzwords, it’s looking at historic challenges through a fresh lens so we can build a safer, more reliable future together.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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The Operator's Question

Why The Grid Needs the Institution Before the Technology

“The bottleneck is organizational: The absence of shared definitions, common standards, and distributed governance over what gets measured, how it gets validated, and what obligations come with participation in a collective intelligence effort.”
Byline: 

Elizabeth Cook

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The Room Matters

Better Results Together

“The willingness to learn across jurisdictions and perspectives is growing. That is one of the most valuable roles organizations like NARUC play.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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