T&D Grid

How wind and solar became cheaper than hydro, coal, and nuclear.

“The long-term goal is to integrate more of the distribution plans, the IRPs, and the transmission expansion planning that goes on separately and bring them all together.”

Three months after Mayo joined, Hydro One completed its IPO, raising $1.8 billion in gross proceeds.

We must stop viewing the grid as a means of transporting electricity from point “A” to point “B.”

One of the apparent problems with new renewable construction is that it raises rates, but, so would new fossil fuel construction.

We can’t wait another decade to start planning for our energy future.

There is impressive growth in the types of devices that could play a part in utility and aggregator programs to provide grid support. But there are stranded investment risks if utilities, manufacturers, and consumers make communications interface choices that are not open, standard, and supportive of direct access.

U.S. cannabis industry is experiencing explosive growth. The industry is extremely energy-intensive and is already placing strains on some individual utilities and local grids. Here we discuss the implications for utilities and PUCs and explore potential solutions.

In 1991, Eastern European countries and the former Soviet republics responded to a completely different set of incentives and policy drivers for the development of their utilities. USEA, together with other implementing partners of the agency, was tasked to help change the mentality of folks that worked in these utilities.