Perspective

“Innovative regulatory frameworks may be needed to enable targeted electrification at a scale meaningful enough to impact gas network planning.”

“With the energy transition and accompanying rise of distributed energy resources like solar, wind, and renewables, the grid and the data architecture behind it is becoming more and more distributed. But distributed data is a difficult problem to solve.”

Conversation with EPRI’s SVP for Energy Delivery and Customer Solutions regarding a new EPRI report, “The Impact of Industrial Onshoring on Electric Sector Demand Growth.”

“Because we are owned by the city, our customers are at the heart of all we do at JEA. It seemed only natural that, as we began the process of examining our future energy needs for the next thirty years, our community members would be a part of the process to develop our electric Integrated Resource Plan.”

“In the lead up to COP28 to held in Dubai Nov. 3 to Dec.12, these questions are critical as we search for solutions for the energy transition and for achieving sustainable development goals. In July, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres announced that the era of global boiling has arrived.”

“Contrary to widespread belief, the famous 1888 New York City blizzard was not the primary impetus for undergrounding electric lines. It was safety – and worker safety in particular – that drove undergrounding, which remains a core electric industry norm.”

The MARC 2023 conference theme, Grand Vision: Past, Present, Future, reflected the active era of federal energy policy.

“Transportation is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions. We believe decarbonization is the fundamental driver toward an acceleration of EV adoption, good utility programs, private sector investment, and creative rate design.”

“We have ongoing dialogue with automakers, to understand better how we can assist them in bringing these vehicles to market. Whether that’s working with dealers to help them understand availability of our infrastructure programs, even in the sales process, or understanding what they are going to need, we want to make this as smooth as possible.”

“We have almost 600 EV chargers across our service territory helping inform our path forward. That next step is executing a range of tariffs for residential, fleet, and multifamily, to help customers invest in the charger network where we provide incentives or can partner with them and build out infrastructure that the utility owns and operates.”