Unaffordable? Or Unfair and Burdensome?
Defining Terms
What do we mean when we say that something is unaffordable? I ask for a very good reason.
Fortnightly Magazine - April 2024
Powering Central Louisiana
Cleco Corporate Holdings
“Our most important accomplishment was our safety performance. 2023 was Cleco’s best safety performance record in the company’s history."
Two Thousand at NARUC's Winter Summit
NARUC
General sessions were packed with utility industry leaders, on a wide range of energy topics, as were the committee meetings.
Winter Summit: EPA Rules and Reliability
NARUC
“If you’re looking at 30-year investments and have to decide now whether to invest in them, even 10 years from now, we can’t predict what reliability needs are going to be to trigger a reliability relief valve. If I heard you correctly, you’re fundamentally rethinking that approach.”
Winter Summit: Pathways to Decarbonization
NARUC
"Small modular nuclear has the opportunity to provide a clean energy source, replacing fossil fuel resources, and using existing transmission, such as the proposal for the TerraPower plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming. How can we make sure it’s built in time?"
Winter Summit: FERC Chair Willie Phillips
NARUC
“I’m pulling every lever we have to make sure we meet the reliability needs and coordinate the gas and electric side. What’s clear to me is we need somebody, it doesn’t have to be me, FERC, or NERC. We need somebody to step into that gap and make sure they’re focused on the job of protecting our gas reliability.”
Winter Summit: Pacific Gas & Electric CEO Patti Poppe
NARUC
“The idea of building a safe, resilient utility in California where climate ambitions are high, and the call for PG&E to be able to serve so we can lead the clean energy transition was compelling. I felt that could be a very important body of work professionally, but also personally to know I did something that made a difference.”
Picture Energy: Winter Scenes of the NARUC Summit
NARUC
The jam-packed NARUC Winter Summit was filled with attendees and much discussion on utility regulation in the public interest, as well as the future of the energy and utilities industry.
Picture Energy: PUF's Annual State of State Utility Regulation Luncheon
Memorable Moments
PUF’s Luncheon brought together leaders from across the regulatory spectrum to learn and laugh together.
Where Grid Software is Heading
GE Vernova
“We have a pragmatic and prudent approach to both IT and OT data integration. The utilization of OT data is a critical path for utilities to address the energy transition and build resilient and flexible grids.”