Elin Swanson Katz, Connecticut Consumer Counsel
Office of Consumer Counsel
“All of us are on the edge of the frontier right now. There’s something going on in electric that’s never happened before.”
Perspective
Directors of the Connecticut PURA
A Day at the Connecticut Commission
Interviews with directors of utility regulation and adjudications for the commission.
Business Model Innovation
Advancing Go-to-Market Approaches
How creatively utilities can fashion value propositions, pricing formats and bundled offerings will determine their commercial success.
NARUC and USAID Exchange with Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission
Four U.S. State Commissions in Jakarta
Three Staff members from the Georgia Public Service Commission, Kentucky Public Service Commission and Jamaica Office of Utilities Regulation, plus a Commissioner from the Illinois Commerce Commission participated in the NARUC-sponsored Partnership Exchange with the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission.
Deregulation Meets Markets
Econ 101 Shows the Way
We must pass a carbon tax or cap-and-trade legislation to limit carbon dioxide emissions and phase out fossil fuels, including a large portion of our natural gas, to achieve a renewable future.
Default Service Pricing Has Been Wrong All Along
Allows Utilities to Maintain Dominance in Markets
The failure to allocate costs appropriately to a utility business unit is in direct conflict with cost allocation guidance from NARUC.
Induction Heating Electrifying Utilities
We Were There, at Electrification 2018
A person who might be using flame and has been using flame for twenty years may never consider talking to our induction engineers.
Transitioning to Modern Residential Rate Designs
Key Enabler of Renewable Energy Resources Integration
There are several reasons why the transition to modern rate designs has yet to be deployed to scale. Those reasons are discussed along with proposed solutions.
Reply to October 2018 PUF Article by Ahmad Faruqui
Another View on Net Energy Metering
Like the Hotel California, once you’re in (connected), you can never leave. If you leave (go off the grid), you can’t come back.
EPRI Innovating Analytics, AI, Drones
Identify, Create, Transfer
New capabilities like the 5G Internet of Things are coming soon and will enable us to put more sensors in more locations with lower cost.