Fortnightly Magazine - November 1 2019

Securing Our Grid

Prepare, Protect, Respond, Restore

Just like dealing with natural attacks on the grid — hurricanes, storms and floods, and just like dealing with man-made attacks on the grid — vandalism, terrorism and even acts of war — we need to prepare, protect and respond to restore the grid's essential service as rapidly as possible.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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Competition Hard

Full of Promise, And Then ...

The benefits of retail competition for residential customers might not be all that much.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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Mississippi PSC: Katherine Collier

Executive Secretary

“The Public Utilities Staff serve in an advisory role to the Commission and in a consumer advocacy role in some instances. They are the subject matter experts. They have more expert and specialized Staff than the Commission.”
Byline: 

Katherine Collier

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Mississippi PSC: Rickey Cotton

Director - Pipeline Safety

“I assign inspectors an area throughout the state and let them stay about two years to make sure that they don’t bond too much with the operator.”
Byline: 

Rickey Cotton

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Mississippi PSC: Public Utilities Staff

A Day at the Mississippi PSC

“The Public Utilities Staff was split away from the Commission in 1990, so we are a separate independent agency. We provide advisory and investigative services to the PSC.”
Byline: 

Virden Jones, Mike McCool and Brandi Myrick

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