Ten Predictions for 2018
NOPR Over and Over. Bills Lower and Lower.
Energy storage will advance, electrification will pick up, allowed rates of return will be reconsidered.
Frontlines & Op-Ed
Can of Worms
Energy Department NOPR Forcing Difficult Conversations
Parties are warring over whether preventing certain plants from retiring makes the grid resilient.
To Further Electrify
How much energy should/could be electrified?
Further electrifying wouldn’t make sense if cleanliness in its production, and efficiency in its usage, had been purchased with electricity’s essential advantages as payment.
Renewable Energy Development
Era of the Paris Agreement
As renewables have become cheaper, it is now economical for developing nations to opt for clean power over fossil fuel generation.
Energy Politics and FERC
An Independent Agency?
The DOE proposal pushes FERC into a potential mid-life crisis.
Recognizing and Celebrating
Touchy-Feely, Sure. Essential, For Sure!
When leaders honor innovators’ passion and inventiveness, they encourage the creative culture they so want for their organizations.
Regulation - Scientific Age Continues
No National Consensus
The importance of the expert regulator applying scientific regulation is still paramount.
Fed's Energy Regulatory Commission
On Sept. 20, Enough Commissioners Convene
Maybe people forgot FERC meets monthly, when there’s enough commissioners.
Ready for a Fifty Percent Demand Spike?
Electric Vehicles are Coming
Utility control over EV chargers, tariffs and time of use rates could help avoid localized problems.
Coal Industry and Appalachia, Part 1
A Region in Trouble
We assess the recent past and current state of the U.S. coal industry, with emphasis on Appalachia.