CERAWeek by IHS Markit
Memorable and Meaningful Moments
“If you’re going to operate within a single market like Texas, with very limited access to the Eastern Interconnect, then you really have to think about what those reserve margins should be.”
Perspective
Up the Capacity of an HVAC Line
Consider Converting to HVDC, Part 3
“We describe several ways the capacity of an existing high voltage AC transmission line can be increased and show that sometimes the most cost-effective strategy is to convert the line to high voltage DC.”
The Art of New Rate Introduction
Changing Customer Attitudes
“Any pricing change will disbenefit some customers. You can manage that issue with proper customer education and customer engagement.”
California Leverages Customer Solar and Storage
Partnership Pilot
“A new pilot tariff incentivizes aggregation of customer-owned DERs in targeted locations to avoid upgrading power lines and replacing expensive equipment like transformers.”
U.S. and EEI Re-engage International Community
Edison Electric Institute
“Addressing global climate change and other vexing problems facing the world requires long-term thinking and a stable and consistent public policy to attract investments needed to finance actions to meet net-zero targets.”
Revenue Decoupling at 40
Venerable PBR Tool Goes National
In the electric utility industry, decoupling is currently used in 19 jurisdictions. This count includes decoupling approvals by regulators in two jurisdictions that take effect in July.
Growing and Diversity, Guidehouse-Style
Guidehouse
“The take-private acquisition of Navigant and merger with Guidehouse transforms the public sector, commercial sector, advanced technology, and management consulting landscapes.”
Not At All Passive About Passive Buildings
Eversource Energy
“Passive house goes beyond obvious ways to reduce loads, like insulation, and provides a rigorous approach to minimizing thermal bridging and amount of air that can leak through a building’s envelope.”
You Need Humans to Keep the Grid On
ResilientGrid
A conversation with ResilientGrid’s CEO Mike Legatt on the human factors in grid resilience.
When Texas Seceded, Its Grid That Is
Judge Cudahy’s Second Alamo Article
PUF reviews Judge Richard Cudahy’s famous 1995 article on the so-called Midnight Connection that led to the disconnection of the Texas grid from the eastern and western grids. Even more relevant today given the ERCOT meltdown.