Fortnightly Magazine - August 2023

High Tech Meets Energy Tech: Rondo Energy

EEI 2023

“All that energy must be decarbonized as the world goes to zero. The transportation sector, the grid; we’re getting good at decarbonizing those, despite challenges. But industry is the hard to decarbonize sector. Why? Industrial heat.”

High Tech Meets Energy Tech: Oracle

EEI 2023

“I am a true believer in the potential of behavior-based changes in energy. That could be small things that people do, how they use their thermostats and adjust window shades, but it could also be big changes. It could be the EV adoption journey.”

High Tech Meets Energy Tech: Reactive Technologies

EEI 2023

“Reactive is the only company that provides real-time measurement of grid stability. On the transmission system, that’s interpreted as inertia. Inertia is a measure of grid stability. As you add more renewables to the grid – some don’t like to admit this – grid stability goes down because inertia goes down.”

High Tech Meets Energy Tech: WeaveGrid

EEI 2023

“Our vision has been to build a partnership and a technological system that allows us to break down the digital silos that exist between the automotive industry and the utility industry to address the potential pain points that experts told us would be coming.”

NARUC 2023 Summer Policy Summit

Seen in Austin, Texas

The NARUC Summer Policy Summit was held in Austin amid much camaraderie and heat in Texas. While the Monday opening General Session looked back at the Northeast Blackout of 2003, ERCOT kept the electric grid humming along in a heat wave that kept temperatures above one hundred all week.

PUF's 2023 Summer Summit Soapbox Luncheon

Memorable Moments in Austin

NARUC’s Summer Summit took place in Austin this year and PUF held its always popular annual Soapbox luncheon during the conference. Thirteen speakers hopped on their soapboxes to say or sing whatever was on their minds.

Communicating the Utility ESG Story, Part II

Eye on Utility Cost of Capital

“As sustainable investing becomes integral to capital allocation strategies, ESG metrics and scores have gained critical importance in evaluating companies’ performance and attractiveness to investors.”
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