PUF Annual Pulse of Power Survey
Eight Questions
Top of mind: Business model evolution, DER integration, and climate change.
Perspective
Veteran Leaders on Electric Trends: Jeff Morris
Schneider Electric
The lesson of this non-economic recession will be we didn’t need all that building space. The telecommuting work force uses less energy, is less carbon intense, and has less risk to liability.
Veteran Leaders on Electric Trends: Ron Melton
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
When we reach a point that we can think of storage as ubiquitous – as much as we like, wherever we like it – the way we control and coordinate the balance of the electric power system changes dramatically with the distribution system now the dominant element.
Veteran Leaders on Electric Trends: Miles Keogh
National Association of Clean Air Agencies
The only way to drive clean energy is to require its adoption. Sometimes the way to have a good idea is to stop having a bad idea.
Veteran Leaders on Electric Trends: Pat Wood
FERC, Texas PUC
The trend toward a more decentralized, decarbonized, and democratized power system was well underway before the pandemic, and I expect that trend to continue, likely accelerate.
Veteran Leaders on Electric Trends: Paula Glover
AABE
For this panel, we have two association executives, two policymakers, and a leader at a DOE National Laboratory All have long histories in the energy sector and national perspectives. Our objectives were to elicit potentially competing perspectives on what the future of the electric industry may be, and for those responses to stimulate readers to develop their own perspectives and initiate similar discussions within their own organizations.
Veteran Leaders on Electric Trends
Panel
For this panel, we selected persons experienced in various aspects of the energy industry; persons with disparate positions and professional interests.
State and Future of Power: Danielle Vitoff
Guidehouse
Embracing the role of decarbonization solutions provider requires shifting more choice and control to customers.
State and Future of Power: Jenny Hampton
Guidehouse
While design thinking and innovation labs have sprung up in many utilities, we have yet to see a sizable shift in focus from traditional business models.
State and Future of Power: Rick Rodman
Guidehouse
This new utility risk management framework addresses categories of risks holistically.