People In Power

Considering Cybersecurity

NARUC's Winter Policy Summit

NARUC's 2022 Winter Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. had something for everyone, held during the Super Bowl and Valentine's Day, making regulation feel a bit more, well, fun. The business of regulation in the public interest was of course serious as usual, but there were footballs and hearts to be found.

The PUF team was there, and in these pages celebrates NARUC and some one thousand four hundred attendees, over ninety percent of whom were there in person. The Winter Summit had lots going on, with jam-packed sessions, and pandemic-weary people glad to see each other.

Energy Storage Going Long

ESS

Conversation with ESS CEO Eric Dresselhuys, who is leading the charge to develop the long-duration energy storage badly needed by the decarbonizing grid.

New Cybersecurity Collective: Qubitekk

Anterix

“Quantum computers do what would take a classical computer a thousand years. A viable quantum computer will give the ability to unhinge the primitive keys upon which all cryptography is predicated. That’s how we got our foot in the door with utilities is quantum safe security for critical infrastructure.”