A Day (Two Really) at the Georgia PSC
Sixteen Conversations
Interviews with Chair Bubba McDonald, Commissioners Chuck Eaton, Tim Echols, Doug Everett, and Tricia Pridemore, and 22 staff members.
Perspective
Value of the Grid in High-DER Future
New APPA Perspective
The cost to reproduce the benefits of the electric grid far outpace what most customers spend on electricity each month.
Accelerating Generation Changes Make Assuring Reliability More Complex
A NERC Perspective
Assuring the reliability of the bulk-power system in North America requires identifying challenges and formulating appropriate solutions to a rapidly evolving generation-resource mix.
As the Electric Reliability Organization, NERC is charged with assuring the effective and efficient reduction of risks to the reliability and security of the grid. As such, NERC conducts annual, seasonal and special reliability assessments to identify and analyze trends or potential risks.
What Netflix and Amazon Pricing Tell Us about Rate Design’s Future
Alexa, Pull Up My Energy Service Subscription Plan!
If other industries are transitioning from a pay-per-use and volumetric model to a subscription model, why should utilities not consider this option as well?
Blockchain: Future of Renewable Trading?
Blocking and Tackling
The blockchain is a more secure method for recording transactions, because as a distributed ledger, it does not have a single centralized point of storage that can be hacked.
Clash of Titans: Regulators vs. Markets
Addressing Costs Imposed on the Grid
An energy-only market could not effectively provide ancillary services, as these are externalities. A similar situation has now arisen in the capacity market.
APPA Fly-In
Policy Makers Council Summer Fly-in
The Policy Makers Council is a way to get across public power’s key messages to the Hill and federal agencies.
Cities Getting Smarter
At Dentons Smart Cities Summit
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz. CPS Energy CEO Paula Gold-Williams. Alliance to Save Energy President Jason Hartke. Former National Security Advisor General James Jones. New York Power Authority General Counsel Justin Driscoll. BGE Senior Vice President Alex Núñez. What do they have in common? They were all speakers and panelists at the Smart Cities Summit in Washington D.C. on July 25 - 26, 2018, hosted by the law firm Dentons.
Large Public Power Council on FERC Reliability Technical Conference
Low-cost Reliable Power is Paramount
It’s necessary to have appropriate tools to manage DER resources and know in real time what they’re doing.
Vets in Energy
Power of Vets through Association
Military service imbues men and women with discipline, technical skills, commitment, and leadership attributes, which translates into valuable skills for effective employment in the energy industry.