Perspective

A Future for Energy Storage

Meeting Demand

“The value of natural gas storage lies in its ability to bolster reliability and resiliency. It serves as a critical safeguard, allowing the energy system to function efficiently under pressure and enabling grid operators and consumers to withstand peak demand, extreme weather, and unexpected disruptions.”

New Cybersecurity Monitoring Requirements

What NERC CIP-015 Means

“CIP-015 acknowledges that adversaries can infiltrate trusted zones and highlights the importance of continuous internal visibility. By implementing Internal Network Security Monitoring, entities will be better equipped to detect an adversary during initial stages of an intrusion and reduce the risk of an adversary establishing a foothold.”

Four Big Issues Facing Industry Leaders

Charles River Associates

“While state procurement could be a useful price hedge for customers, it’s an open question how much it helps reliability if PJM is still in the role of meeting the reserve margin through its capacity auction.”

Davos of Cybersecurity

Cyber Summit

“General Nakasone, Chris Wray, and Rob Lee are all on the record. Tom Fanning has been at the vanguard within the utility sector. Bill Fehrman was also on record often. That really was the brain trust.”

ComEd: Chicagoland Community Solar

ComEd, Prologis

Conversations with ComEd’s Mark Baranek and Scott Vogt and Prologis’ Nastasha Keefer on their many community solar installations around Chicagoland.

ComEd: EV Charging near O'Hare

ComEd, bp pulse

Conversations with ComEd’s Stan Wilk, Latoya Halmon, Bryan Surdy, Admir Beharic, Cristina Botero, Violeta Ryman and BP Pulse’s Mathew Cranley on their large EV charging station near O’Hare Airport.

Two Cool Projects Making an Impact

ComEd

Conversations with ComEd’s Stan Wilk, Latoya Halmon, Bryan Surdy, Admir Beharic, Cristina Botero, Violeta Ryman and BP Pulse’s Mathew Cranley on their large EV charging station near O’Hare Airport. And with ComEd’s Mark Baranek and Scott Vogt and Prologis’ Nastasha Keefer on their many community solar installations around Chicagoland.

Behind the Grid

Why Telecom Is the Backbone of Modern Utilities

“Today’s telecom infrastructure has to support a grid that is smarter, faster, and more complex. That means moving away from legacy systems like time-division multiplexing (TDM) and toward dynamic, IP-based protocols that can handle massive amounts of data in real time. But that shift is anything but simple.”

Powering the AI Era

EPRI’s DCFlex Initiative Tackles the Challenge

“The outcome of DCFlex won’t be limited to a few successful pilots. EPRI aims to develop a framework of standards, best practices, and tools that can be adopted industry-wide, streamlining interconnection processes, reducing delays, and enabling wider adoption of flexibility at scale.”

A Clean, Affordable, Resilient Energy Future

Highlights from the NARUC Summer Policy Summit

“SEPA held its first-ever Office Hours event showcasing our new Database of Emerging Large-Load Tariffs and Agreements (DELTa) platform, jointly created with the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, drawing in regulators and utilities for a hands-on Q&A.”