Strategy & Planning

Picture Energy: Moody's Breakfast Briefing at EEI Financial Conference

November 11

Sessions featured Moody’s take on the cybersecurity risks utilities face, the California wildfires challenge for California utilities, and utility rates of return in an era of low and possibly negative interest rates.

Byline:

Steve Mitnick

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Broader Innovation Insights

Engaging Market Collaborators

Third-party collaboration relationships should be designed to provide benefits to customers, such as tangible advantages that enhance business choices about energy resources or fit the needs for energy awareness at the premise.

Byline:

Tom Flaherty

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Curing the Analytical Bias

Replacing Discount Rate Driven NPV with IRR Analysis

NPV analysis relies on the selected discount rate. The selected discount rate can affect the outcome of the analysis. Thus, the introduction of a new metric; the differential internal rate of return (DIRR), and its expected value are discussed.

Byline:

David Boonin

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Electrify Everything?

Heat and Light in Deep Decarbonization Policies

This article attempts to highlight some of the logical disconnects and omissions in the current electrification debate. The author has no conflict of interest in this analysis and is strongly supportive of deep decarbonization policies.

Byline:

Hal Nelson

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EPRI's New President Talks Electrification

Electrification 2020 Approaches

Electrification 2018 was awesome. Electrification 2020 promises to take it to the nth power.

Byline:

Arshad Mansoor

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AEP Searching the World for Innovation

Unique Conversation

“The next step is working with the states to move legislation forward that supports implementation of advanced energy technologies.”

Byline:

Nick Akins

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NARUC Annual Meeting's Panel on ESG

Environmental, Social and Governance issues

Jim Kerr outlines how investor-owned companies, and Southern Company specifically, are responding to ESG issues with transparency and real environmental, social, and governance progress.

Byline:

Jim Kerr

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Sue Kelly's Wit and Wisdom

Excerpts from Her APPA Blog

Here is a small sample of Sue Kelly’s own words of wonderful wit and wisdom over the years, excerpted from her APPA blog.

Byline:

Sue Kelly

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Owen Young Award to Sue Kelly

PUF's Highest Honor

David Owen was the First Honoree in June 2017. Now Sue Kelly Becomes the Second. Conversations with former APPA CEO Mark Crisson, former FERC Chair Cheryl LaFleur, NRECA General Counsel Rich Meyer, Morgan Meguire LLC CEO Deborah Sliz, and American Municipal Power EVP Jolene Thompson.

Byline:

Mark Crisson, Cheryl LaFleur, Rich Meyer, Deborah Sliz, Jolene Thompson.

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Financial Conference's Chair

Duke Energy CFO

“We’ve been aggressive in our clean energy plan and we’ve committed to reduce carbon output by at least 50% by 2030 and are striving for net-zero emissions by 2050.”

Byline:

Steve Young

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