Linking Innovation with Strategy
Forging Effective Alignment
Strategy can create differentiation in the market depending on its focus and inventiveness. But it requires creative inputs to frame that uniqueness, and innovation is fundamental.
Strategy & Planning
National Conference on Electricity Policy's Annual Meeting in Denver
Focus on DERs
At the National Council on Electricity Policy's annual meeting, a diverse group of more than seventy participants from around the country heard examples of planning, operations, and market developments underway and needed for integrating higher levels of distributed energy resources on the distribution grid, and their impacts and intersection points on the transmission network.
Electrification 'Programs'
Time to Change the Game?
Handling electrification proposals as an extension of core utility investments and operations could eliminate hurdles and accelerate growth.
Electric Vehicles and Advocates
Consumer value and system optimization
NASUCA urged adoption of policies to protect consumers as EV market share increases.
NASUCA Takes a Serious Look at Serious Illness Protection
Utility Service Termination
At its recent Mid-Year Meeting in Minneapolis, NASUCA adopted Resolution 2018-03, "Urging Adoption of Protections Against Termination of Utility Service for Low-income, Senior, and Other At-Risk Households in Which a Seriously or Chronically Ill or Disabled Person Resides." NASUCA has good reason to focus on the needs of these households.
Electric Sector, Meet Muni Broadband
NASUCA Mid-Year Meeting
Millions of residents and businesses are without adequate access to affordable broadband services.
NASUCA: What You Missed If You Weren't in Minneapolis
NASUCA Mid-Year Meeting
Consumer advocates convened June 24-27, 2018.
Four Thought-Leaders: Jim Laurito
EVP – Business Development, Fortis
“There is investment opportunity as far as the eye can see. We don't buy the theory of the death spiral or the demise of the utility.”
Four Thought-Leaders: Mike Deggendorf
CEO, Grid Assurance
“It's now a world where people ride-share, share Airbnb property, bike-share and car-share. The technology that enabled that to occur on the auto side, can occur on the energy side as well. Sharing of information, asset capacity and load, I think it's going to move in that direction.”
Four Thought-Leaders: Frank Prager
VP – Policy and Strategy, Xcel Energy
“We need to protect the grid, and, as we approach new regulatory paradigms, we want to be sure that the grid remains reliable and modern.”