Strategy & Planning

Commissioners at the Regional Conferences

Unique conversations

Conversations with Indiana URC Commissioner Sarah Freeman, Virginia SCC Commissioner Jehmal Hudson, New Mexico PRC Chair Patrick O’Connell, Maine PUC Chair Phil Bartlett, and Mississippi PSC Chair Chris Brown with Paul Kjellander on the MARC, MACRUC, WCPSC, NECPUC, and SEARUC conferences.
Byline: 

PUF

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Resilience, Demand Growth, and More

Entergy and PwC

“Utilities are focused on making sure they can meet the growth, but we’re also seeing the impact of continued weather events, extreme climate events that require a resilient, reliable grid. We have not seen a stop of those investments from a grid-modernization, grid-reliability perspective.”
Byline: 

Drew Marsh and Earl Simpkins

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Brain Capital and the Future Energy Workforce 

A Unique Set of Challenges

Electric companies work diligently to ensure that they have the dedicated and passionate workforce needed to meet the opportunities and challenges that our industry faces. These challenges include rapidly rising demand for electricity, increasing frequency of extreme weather events, and rapid technological advances that are changing how we do business and how our customers use electricity.

Byline: 

Lawrence Jones

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The Future of Energy Generation

Navigating Reliability and Growth

“Increased renewable energy does not mean an abrupt end to dispatchable resources. In fact, dispatchable hydro, batteries, coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants may need to last longer and operate more reliably on marginal days than they ever have before.”
Byline: 

Mike Caravaggio and Jeffery Preece

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My Takeaways from the Energy Evolution Summit

Building on Success

“One of my favorite moments? Celebrating this year’s SEPA Power Player Award winners. With over 100 impressive submissions from around the world, our judging panel had no easy task. But in the end, six winners rose to the top, each recognized for their innovation, impact, and ability to scale solutions through collaboration.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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Water Affordability 2.0

Energy Efficiency Savings

“Energy efficiency is most likely where the greatest savings can be made while producing a reliable product and guarding public health for water companies of any size.“
Byline: 

Mary-Anna Holden and Butch Howard

 

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Energy Evolution Summit: Melissa Washington, Linda Ferrone

Commonwealth Edison, Orlando UC

“Think about the title of the Energy Evolution Summit; what’s evolved now? It’s driven by changes that have evolved due to regulatory perspective, due to economic climate. Issues have become more passionate and urgent, and some have become less urgent, or some are now settled.”
Byline: 

Melissa Washington, Linda Ferrone

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Energy Evolution Summit: Brian Jones, David Springe

Environmental Resources Mgmt., NASUCA

“The biggest focus of my work is transitioning gas utilities to the next 100 years of their relationships with customers and the electric sector. I’m here to participate in the discussion about the evolution toward integrated electric and gas network planning and the future of gas.”
Byline: 

Brian Jones, David Springe

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