Grading Our Water Infrastructure
A Report Card
Drinking Water scored the best at C-; Wastewater a D+; and Stormwater a D in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.
Perspective
The Right Words Can Build a Stronger Energy System
Efficiency, Electrification in Context
“By clearly distinguishing energy efficiency from electrification and adopting comprehensive strategies informed by full-fuel-cycle data, policymakers can ensure practical, realistic, and effective progress toward achieving shared climate goals.”
Investing in Uncertain Times
A Framework
“Given the rapid periodicity of change in the larger ecosystem, navigating the investments in the energy sector today is not about eliminating uncertainty – it is about reducing uncertainty through better information, and then developing solutions that are resilient to a variety of future outcomes.”
Enabling Growth When Energy is Every Business's Business
Demonstrating Value
“To understand this energy growth and its impact on companies’ needs and expectations of their energy providers, EY teams surveyed more than 2,400 energy leaders and decision makers at medium and large businesses globally, including over 1,000 in the United States.”
Drilling Down on Data Center Demand Surge
Accenture Forecast
“We came across a neat wrinkle around the untapped potential of existing retired infrastructure, like a retired coal plant, which in many cases has transmission interconnection and substation infrastructure. There are about 180 or so that have adequate infrastructure for utilities to consider retrofitting.“
At Least Doubling Transmission Line Capacity
TS Conductor
“Every year, 10 million miles of conductor are needed. Even with our South Carolina expansion, we’re looking at about 30,000 miles of conductor. That is a drop in the bucket. That 150 million miles of conductor needed in 15 years is for the global marketplace, but it is still a massive number.”
Canadian Regulators Meet at CAMPUT 2025
Excerpts
CAMPUT’s annual conference is Canada’s prestigious energy regulatory conference and was held this year in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 4 – 7. The theme, Adjusting the Sails of the Energy Sector, was carried throughout the event. Attendees had the opportunity to engage with industry experts, policymakers, and regulators as Canada charts a new course for the energy sector.
Brain Capital and the Future Energy Workforce
A Unique Set of Challenges
Electric companies work diligently to ensure that they have the dedicated and passionate workforce needed to meet the opportunities and challenges that our industry faces. These challenges include rapidly rising demand for electricity, increasing frequency of extreme weather events, and rapid technological advances that are changing how we do business and how our customers use electricity.
The Future of Energy Generation
Navigating Reliability and Growth
“Increased renewable energy does not mean an abrupt end to dispatchable resources. In fact, dispatchable hydro, batteries, coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants may need to last longer and operate more reliably on marginal days than they ever have before.”
My Takeaways from the Energy Evolution Summit
Building on Success
“One of my favorite moments? Celebrating this year’s SEPA Power Player Award winners. With over 100 impressive submissions from around the world, our judging panel had no easy task. But in the end, six winners rose to the top, each recognized for their innovation, impact, and ability to scale solutions through collaboration.”