State of Power by State
Fifty Futures
The states are calling the plays on power’s future. Often policies are night and day on the east and west side of the borders of contiguous states.
Fortnightly Magazine - June 10 2019
State and Future of Power
Eight State Commission Chairs
Conversations with PSC chairs in Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming.
State and Future of Power: Jeffrey Ackermann
State Commission Chairs
"It’s important when talking about Colorado and the state of the electric industry, to know we’re vertically integrated and what we would call traditionally regulated."
State and Future of Power: Dallas Winslow
State Commission Chairs
"The Delaware PSC is one of, I believe, only two Commissions in the U.S. that has part-time Commissioners."
State and Future of Power: Paul Kjellander
State Commission Chairs
"We’ve always wanted one larger regional transmission planning group because we all know that the benefits are going to be better."
State and Future of Power: Brien Sheahan
State Commission Chairs
"The only successful regulatory strategy will be dynamic with the ability to quickly anticipate and react to technological, policy, climate, and market developments but must be predicated on safety and reliability."
State and Future of Power: Jason Stanek
State Commission Chairs
"In Maryland, the General Assembly passed a new renewable portfolio standard with a goal of fifty percent renewables by 2030."
State and Future of Power: Megan Decker
State Commission Chairs
"When we talk about paying for underlying grid values, it’s becoming more complicated in terms of the emerging disruptive resiliency threats from wildfires, cybersecurity, and in my region, seismic threats."
State and Future of Power: Gladys Brown Dutrieulle
State Commission Chairs
"Our position as a Commission is that we are neutral on nuclear legislation in the sense that we prefer to be a resource to the general assembly."
State and Future of Power: Kara Fornstrom
State Commission Chairs
"Wyoming produces forty percent of the coal that’s used in this country for coal-fired power generation."