SMUD and TVA Talk Electrification: Paul Lau
East Meets West
Conversation with Sacramento Municipal Utility District chief grid strategy and operations officer Paul Lau.
Strategy & Planning
What Electrifies Me
The Answer, in April, in Charlotte
My favorite part of Electrification 2020 will be the exhibit hall where the latest electrical vehicles, machines, appliances, devices will be there to gawk at and touch and feel.
Meeting Innovation's Natural Challenges
Overcoming Headwinds
Over the last five years, utilities have successfully infused awareness of the pace of market change into their employees. Consequently, enhanced visibility is being directed to areas where critical innovation is necessary to ensure business success.
Innovation: The Path for Smaller Utilities
Nurturing Ideas
The regulatory model for electricity supply generally does not incent utilities to innovate.
Affordable Utility Service
Advice to Regulators
One notion of fairness is the affordability of utility services to all households, including those living in poverty.
Hawaii: Dean Nishina
Consumer Advocate
“There’s no organized group that intervenes on behalf of large industrial customers or large commercial customers. We are supposed to represent the interests of all of those consumers.”
Hawaii's Consumer Advocate and a State Representative
Unique Renewable Goals
Conversations with the division of consumer advocacy’s executive director Dean Nishina and state representative Chris Lee.
Hawaii PUC: Jayson Kauwenaole
Head of Compliance and Consumer Affairs
“Our goal is to get them in compliance. We’re not there to shut down any business.”
Hawaii PUC: Gina Yi
Interim Chief Engineer
“I review applications from such utilities as Hawaiian Electric, reviewing its application for major projects, which includes electric diagrams.”
Hawaii PUC: Jodi Endo Chai
Executive Officer
“If it takes us months to issue them a certificate, they’re unable to legally operate and earn income all that time.”