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.
Perspective
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.
Grid Flexible Solar
Key to Unlocking Clean Energy Grid of the Future
The basic solar approach to development and utilization works well in early-stage markets with little renewables penetration.
Picture Energy: APPA National Conference in New Orleans
The jazz was hot in mid-June, at the American Public Power Association’s National Conference in New Orleans.
Picture Energy: SEPA's Grid Evolution Summit 2018
The Place to Be
The Summit was a goldmine of information with deep dives into smart grid interoperability, DER interconnection processes, demand-response initiatives, decoding blockchain, microgrid applications, and more.
Linking Innovation with Strategy
Forging Effective Alignment
Strategy can create differentiation in the market depending on its focus and inventiveness. But it requires creative inputs to frame that uniqueness, and innovation is fundamental.
National Conference on Electricity Policy's Annual Meeting in Denver
Focus on DERs
At the National Council on Electricity Policy's annual meeting, a diverse group of more than seventy participants from around the country heard examples of planning, operations, and market developments underway and needed for integrating higher levels of distributed energy resources on the distribution grid, and their impacts and intersection points on the transmission network.
Electrification 'Programs'
Time to Change the Game?
Handling electrification proposals as an extension of core utility investments and operations could eliminate hurdles and accelerate growth.
Electric Sector, Meet Muni Broadband
NASUCA Mid-Year Meeting
Millions of residents and businesses are without adequate access to affordable broadband services.
NASUCA: What You Missed If You Weren't in Minneapolis
NASUCA Mid-Year Meeting
Consumer advocates convened June 24-27, 2018.