Perspective

Challenges of Reviewing Merger Proposals

Issues for State Utility Regulators

“Liberalized conditions complicate the state regulators’ job of evaluating whether a proposal to merge a utility is in the public interest and place the responsibility to protect retail customers almost entirely on regulators.”

Byline:

Kenneth Costello

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Old Insurance Policies Could Be Worth Their Weight in Gold, Part 1

Environmental Contamination

State environmental agencies continue to discover long-hidden contamination around the country. Contamination may turn up after dredging activities, ground water sampling or new building projects on redeveloped sites. When these discoveries are made, those agencies begin the process of finding the source of pollution, which may require historical research on old uses of the surrounding properties.

Byline:

Christopher Yetka

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Banner Year for State Leadership in Energy Efficiency

Post-Pandemic Job Creation

“Energy efficiency represents the kind of infrastructure investment that will power our economy as we emerge from the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.”

Byline:

Lloyd Kass

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Equity to Elevate Diverse Innovators

Elevate Future Initiative

“We want to make sure that under-represented founders and entrepreneurs – what I call the underestimated – have the chance to take part in this economy.”

Byline:

Anthony Oni

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Utility Industry Innovates to Protect from Cyberattacks

Energy Impact Partners

In April, the Biden Administration launched a 100-day action plan to address cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure in the U.S. electric system.

Byline:

Kevin Fitzgerald

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EPRI on Wildfire Mitigation

Ecosystem Risk and Resiliency

An Environmental Scientist Works the Problem: a conversation with one of the lead researchers at EPRI.

Byline:

Nalini Rao

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Aloha State Moves Quickly to Keep Lights on with Customer Solar + Storage

Innovation Bridges the Gap

In exchange for the battery incentives, participating customer-generators will agree to discharge their batteries in a coordinated way with the utility for a period of ten years.

Byline:

Ed Smeloff

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How to Modernize the Electric Grid

Rethinking Our Vision

With even the simplest transmission project taking a decade or more, we should take some specific, short- and medium-term actions.

Byline:

Mark A. Gabriel

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Consumer Protection: State Advocates Speak

NASUCA 2021

A roundtable discussion with NASUCA State Advocates focused on efforts to help customers manage and pay off arrearages now that disconnection moratoria are expiring across the country.

Byline:

Chris Ayers et al.

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Building Gas System Resilience

NASUCA 2021

This panel discussed how these changes could impact the resilience of the natural gas distribution system and implications for policymakers and regulators. Enjoy these memorable moments.

Byline:

David Dismukes et al.

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