Thousands of Innovators
Electric Industry Gets a New Vibe
A hundred years from now, who among today’s innovators will be revered for remaking this industry?
Frontlines
Those Without Power
Our Electrification Mission Remains, Even Here
Whether in Liberia or Arizona, no grid connection means darkness in several senses of the word.
2.7 Million Jobs at Stake
We Must Keep in Mind Their Work
An estimate by M.J. Bradley & Associates blows away the myth that there are just 400,000 electricity jobs.
Submit Your Nominations for Top Innovators
Nominations accepted through October 1
Worthy to be included in Fortnightly Top Forty this November?
Electricity Eliminated Drudgery, Now Enriching Life
Regulation for Third Era of the Age of Electricity
With this renewed interest and involvement in applications of electricity, will we need new regulatory mechanisms?
Really Impact the Debate
New PUF Audio Video
If in 1928 it was critical to write in an easy engaging style, it is that much more necessary today to be short, emotive, visual. The New York Times thinks that as well.
Innovate Thyself
PUF Transforms, Expands, Multiplies
PUF 2.0: a new digital magazine published on the 15th each month. PUF is fortnightly again.
Industry Sage David Owens Retires
Honoring Him with Our First PUF’s Owen Young Award
Owens has been the industry’s debater-in-chief. This month, uncharacteristically, he’s decided to put down the mic for good.
Cold Hard Truths
Who shall lay out those constraints, clearly, credibly?
What are the coldest hardest truths that a much more involved public must grasp?
'Markets' Test
We Called Them 'Markets.' Now We're Testing Them.
We're enamored of free markets, particularly in the nineties. But power markets cannot come close to emulating authentic competition. Why? They cannot satisfy the basic conditions of competition taught in microeconomics 101.