Frontlines

When I realized this issue would land during Women’s History Month, it felt like the right moment to elevate voices that have not always been front and center in this industry.

I keep thinking about how often people say our industry struggles to tell its own story. Utility regulation is more complex and more consequential than ever, and when we get deep into the details, it’s easy to forget that there are real people behind every decision. And more often than not, we’re all working toward the same broader outcomes.

Rachel Bryant will take the helm at Public Utilities Fortnightly starting with February’s issue. For PUF’s next voyage, this proud boat could not be in better hands.

The first affordability crisis took place during the Panic of 1907, a devastating downturn in the nation’s economy. The broken banking system couldn’t continue to provide capital to the electric companies, bringing to a screeching halt the expansion of electric service beyond the wealthiest communities. Lowering the risk of the companies, albeit also lowering their profit potential, broke the logjam.

Given today’s imperative to build to meet rapidly growing demand for electric service, much like the growth in the first half of the twentieth century, it’s fortunate we can count on that time-tested Samuel Insull model to pull us through.

PUF is proud to announce that it will give this year’s Fortnightly Top Innovator Awards to 24 innovators or teams of innovators at 20 different utilities.

Some say it’s high time. Others say it’s hardly fine. If you look hard, you’ll find. We’re clearly behind...

PUF’s annual Fortnightly Top Innovators uniquely recognizes individual innovators and teams of innovators at electric, natural gas, and water utilities.

In that first Special Issue, my editorial was entitled “State of Power by State.” The message there was summed up in this sentence: “When we assess the present state of power, and when we project the future, we know the states are really different.”

Each spring the industry’s leaders convene To talk about maintaining a grid That is reliable, affordable, and clean.