President Presley's View: Landmark FCC Order
NARUC on Broadband
Much of America today, as far as commerce and day-to-day life, is held together by the broadband network.
People In Power
Senator Warner's View: Landmark FCC Order
National Security Strengthened
A key barrier has been the lack of spectrum availability to support those specialized networks. Now, thanks to this new FCC order, utilities can get access to that spectrum.
Chair Pai's View: Landmark FCC Order
Why the FCC Acted
There are many heroes in this drama, that ends with utilities getting the spectrum they need to build private LTE broadband networks, air-gapped from the very public Internet. But if we had to choose only one, it would be the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, who ushered the 900 megahertz proposal along an arduous path all the way to a final order.
One-on-One with U.S. Energy Assistant Secretary Rita Baranwal
Conversation with a Passionate Nuclear Power Leader
“Nuclear has always been emissions free. It just so happens that this is a feature we are advertising more and more, because it is important and crucial to clean energy goals.”
Coronavirus Challenge
A Special Report
For this special feature on utilities and utility regulators meeting the challenge of the coronavirus crisis, Public Utilities Fortnightly went to two of the top experts on the grid's resilience. We like to call Scott Aaronson the most important individual in America, only half in jest. Scott leads the teams at the Edison Electric Institute focused on cyber and physical security and storm response and recovery and is the EEI's point man in this current crisis.
Chair of Europe's Energy Regulators Clara Poletti Talks with PUF
European Agencies
Conversation with commissioner Clara Poletti, Italian Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment, and chair, Board of Regulators of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
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: Grace Power and Christine Sadovy
Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff
“This office oversees external facing facets of the BPU, including Communications and Legislation, as well as internal operations, such as Fiscal, IT, and HR. The technical divisions, such as Clean Energy, Water, and Reliability and Security, report to the Executive Director’s office.”
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.”