New Jersey BPU: Kevin Nedza and Chance Lykins
Directors
A conversation with the directors of Special Projects and Government Affairs.
Strategy & Planning
New Jersey BPU: Paul Flanagan
Executive Director
“In a litigated matter, this office works between the Commissioners and the Staff to make sure information flows both ways, and is correct and complete, so that the policymakers can make decisions, and the divisions know what those policy calls are and how they should be implemented.”
New Jersey BPU: Dianne Solomon
Commissioner
“We need people who are able to install, repair, and keep the infrastructure operating. When kids are young, is when you have to start getting them interested. It’s important and should be one of our charges as Commissioners.”
New Jersey BPU: Mary-Anna Holden
Commissioner
“My goal is to create an incentive for water utilities enabling them to put acoustical testing on hydrants and mains, to be able to find leaks, stop them, and prevent them from becoming main breaks and sinkholes taking out other valuable infrastructure.”
New Jersey BPU: Bob Gordon
Commissioner
“The big challenge is balancing our desire to address climate change through our clean energy policies and achieving the goals Governor Murphy has set out, against our obligation to protect the ratepayer.”
New Jersey BPU: Upendra Chivukula
Commissioner
“We don’t look at utilities as our adversaries. We look at them as partners because we have the physical threats of all the natural disasters, and we also have cyber threats.”
New Jersey BPU: Joseph Fiordaliso
President
“We’re seeing economic development evolve from the renewable energy field. Over 7,000 people have jobs in the solar industry in New Jersey.”
Having a Choice is Preferable, Right?
Heeding Albus Dumbledore’s Wisdom
Each month, here, in this very spot, the History Repeats column takes a look back on the large moments in the history of utility regulation and policy. And in doing so, we seek the lessons of history that might be applicable to the practice of pursuing the public interest in the present and the years ahead.
This month we choose to consider the past, present, and future of choice. Or rather, to be more precise, we mean to consider herein the past, present, and future of policymakers' choice — in about a quarter of the states — to allow choice.
A NARUC Winter
Characterizing the Commissioners Now Serving
State commissioners are a dedicated bunch, as is certainly the case of the thousands of commission staff. Dedicated to the public interest, including [when] in the arctic climes of Washington D.C. in mid-February.
Frontiers of Electric Mobility
Electrification 2020 Track A
Conversation about Electrification 2020’s Track A with EPRI’s senior technical executive in electric transportation.