State of Power by State
States are the Game
Let’s look at the sustainability of utility business models, regulatory traditions and customer value propositions.
Fortnightly Magazine - June 15 2018
State and Future of Power
Check out the diversity in these eight states.
Eight state commission chairs discuss where the electric utility industry and regulation are headed.
State and Future of Power: Arkansas
Ted Thomas, Chair, Arkansas PSC
“The key part of my job is to manage risk on behalf of ratepayers.”
State and Future of Power: Kentucky
Michael Schmitt, Chair, Kentucky PSC
“In eastern Kentucky, utilities are faced with serious challenges.”
State and Future of Power: Michigan
Sally Talberg, Chair, Michigan PSC
“Michigan’s energy supplies are expected to remain diverse, with several nuclear plants, pumped storage, coal, natural gas, renewable energy.”
State and Future of Power: Minnesota
Nancy Lange, Chair, Minnesota PUC
“Proliferation of many low marginal cost resources is evolving the system pretty quickly.”
State and Future of Power: North Carolina
Ed Finley, Chair, North Carolina UC
“We try to take the challenges we’ve got and make decisions we have to make in the context of what we’re confronting at the moment.”
State and Future of Power: Oklahoma
Dana Murphy, Chair, Oklahoma CC
“Oklahoma still has among the lowest electricity prices.”
State and Future of Power: Texas
DeAnn Walker, Chair, PUC of Texas
“Improved energy efficiency and advancing battery technology will continue changing the landscape.”
State and Future of Power: Wyoming
Bill Russell, Chair, Wyoming PSC
“Consider the Auk who became extinct because it forgot how to fly and could only walk.”