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Fortnightly Magazine - September 2025

America's Cybersecurity Reality

A View from the Eighty-Fourth Floor

“I had the privilege of joining national security leaders, utility executives, cybersecurity experts, and public-private collaborators at the Qrypt-hosted summit on critical infrastructure protection. With cyber threats evolving in stealth, sophistication, and scale, this gathering was a wake-up call, and a roadmap, for utilities and regulators alike.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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Wetlands and Waters of the United States

Giving Clarity to WOTUS

“When it comes to wetlands, interpreting the Rules of the Clean Water Act can be as clear as mud. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin emphasized, in his NARUC Summer Policy Summit fireside chat with NARUC President Tricia Pridemore, the need for clarification addressing Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and their definition.”
Byline: 

Mary-Anna Holden and Butch Howard

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Affordable Grid Modernization, Part II

Advanced Conductors for New Transmission Buildout

“Next-gen advanced conductors can optimize new lines, often enabling fewer, shorter structures while providing capacity headroom for future demand growth. Take a closer look at how advanced conductors make new-build transmission projects excel for grid operators and customers alike.”
Byline: 

Jason Huang

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New Tools for Flexibly Integrating Generation and Load

IREC

“For years, utilities have expressed concern that DERs do not respond to grid conditions. These approaches are our chance to enable that, to make load and generation more collaborative and reduce the total amount of grid investment needed.”
Byline: 

Vaughan Woodruff and Sky Stanfield

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PUF's Summer Summit Soapbox Luncheon

Learning and Laughter in Boston

Commissioners and industry experts enjoyed two-minute takes on the future of utility regulation. Some twenty of them went on stage to share their views on anything they wanted.
Byline: 

PUF

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A Clean, Affordable, Resilient Energy Future

Highlights from the NARUC Summer Policy Summit

“SEPA held its first-ever Office Hours event showcasing our new Database of Emerging Large-Load Tariffs and Agreements (DELTa) platform, jointly created with the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, drawing in regulators and utilities for a hands-on Q&A.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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Powering the AI Era

EPRI’s DCFlex Initiative Tackles the Challenge

“The outcome of DCFlex won’t be limited to a few successful pilots. EPRI aims to develop a framework of standards, best practices, and tools that can be adopted industry-wide, streamlining interconnection processes, reducing delays, and enabling wider adoption of flexibility at scale.”
Byline: 

David Porter

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Behind the Grid

Why Telecom Is the Backbone of Modern Utilities

“Today’s telecom infrastructure has to support a grid that is smarter, faster, and more complex. That means moving away from legacy systems like time-division multiplexing (TDM) and toward dynamic, IP-based protocols that can handle massive amounts of data in real time. But that shift is anything but simple.”
Byline: 

Elizabeth Cook

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