Rethinking Capital Investment in Increasingly Risky World
Catastrophic Events Under Scrutiny
How risks are identified and mitigated are increasingly becoming part of the narrative to help justify investment plans going forward.
Perspective
Gas Utility Regulatory Responses During Extreme Uncertainty
Second Time Around
The impact on our economic and social conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has occurred more rapidly and dramatically than during the 2008-2009 period.
How Many Coal-Dependent Jobs Are There and How Important Are They?
Undercounting Explained
We estimate 420,000 jobs, as much as eight times larger than is generally realized.
New at the Helm at AESP
Association of Energy Services Professionals
We will be expanding our scope to look at issues to achieve goals for the broader utility industry, rather than only DSM and efficiency related goals.
The Once and Future Grid
Investing in the Smart Grid
We cannot afford to let our guard down on security while most of the world is focused on the pandemic.
How the Industry is Coping with Coronavirus Crisis
PwC
“If any industry is built to withstand this stress, it’s going to be the utilities. They’ve been planning for it. Their relentless focus on reliability is proving to be very valuable.”
Coolest Thing FCC Has Done in Decades
PUF’s Take
I’ve sometimes daydreamed that someone would develop a new super duper Internet where utilities and other vital institutions could locate securely from the Blue Meanies and other fiends.
Extra. Extra. Read All About It.
We Stopped the Presses
Utilities can secure their communications separate from the Internet, and create protected communications links with customers as the grid becomes two-way and more customer-centric.
FCC Allows Utilities Private LTE Broadband
Landmark May 13 Order
The FCC made a key segment of spectrum available for electric utilities to use for the broadband data platforms that will support the modern electric grid.
Electricity Affordability in Energy Transformation Era
Countervailing Forces at Work
“Learning what works and what doesn’t work early in the transformation will help separate success from failure, and maintain affordable energy.”