Perspective

Very fortunately, there are alternative tools available to electric utilities and utility regulation that are more focused on the economic plight of these households with greater potential to make a difference for them.

“Building on the momentum of COP28, we expect 2024 to be a year where businesses and governments continue to lean in on deploying clean energy technologies. In the U.S., we continue to support siting and permitting reform and the buildout of transmission to support the deployment of clean energy.”

“There are companies that are consistent and dedicated to reliability, and it shows. It comes out in the consistency of the improvement in their performance. That is what we’ve been talking about. You have to keep getting better.”

“Managed services, especially in back-office functions like finance, procurement, tax and cyber, can help utilities drive innovation and reshape spending to better manage through the energy transition.”

Moderated by POWER Engineers Chief Digital Officer Nathan Bingham, this panel featured National Grid Principal Analyst for Clean Energy Development Gideon Katsh, PXiSE CEO Tim Allen, Avista Utilities Director of Avista Innovation Lab John Gibson, and Landis+Gyr Director of Regulatory Affairs and Industry Relations Marguerite Behringer.

“State-level regulators across the country do not currently have a shared understanding of what they would need to do differently to ensure that disadvantaged communities have a meaningful opportunity to be heard in decision-making processes and help shape better outcomes.”

“The majority of organizations are still in the early stages of fleet electrification and have either not yet started the process or are less than a quarter of the way through.”

Excerpts of remarks from the Institute for Electric Innovation’s Powering the People annual conference.

“These two systems have become interconnected, rather than just Interdependent. A new reliability paradigm, the Interconnected Bulk Energy System, emerges with this evolution, reflecting the increased interrelationship between the gas and electricity sectors.”

NARUC held its Annual Meeting and Education Conference in California inNovember, closing out three years of the theme, “Connecting the Dots, Innovative/Disruptive Technology and Regulation.” NARUC President Michael Caron passed the torch on to North Dakota Commissioner Julie Fedorchak, who as NARUC’s new President will make history with the first all-female leadership of the Association, with Georgia’s Tricia Pridemore as First Vice President and Washington’s Ann Rendahl as Second Vice President.