“Several public power utilities have moved ahead with default time-of-use or time-of-day rates, including the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in California and Fort Collins Utilities in Colorado.”

“Regulators should expect a utility’s portfolio of research projects to have some failures.”

“The utilities of the future must take a holistic and optimized approach to navigate the complexity of the changing energy landscape and to better manage considerable risks around cost, reputation, and reliability.”

“The previous method for assessing resource adequacy may be obsolete. We need to rethink how we understand and quantify generating capacity, energy supply, and how load is served.”

Memorable moments at the annual GridWise Alliance event.

“Our Coal Communities Transition package was a proposal to the Arizona Corporation Commission for the Navajo Nation, Hopi tribe, and communities in Navajo County that surround our power plant, with monetary and in-kind services. Not all of it was approved.”

“There is a need for technical work on sustainability. We need to understand appropriate metrics for measuring performance. We need data and tools to help inform decision making and develop strategy.”

Conversation with e-bike founder Don DiCostanzo about his week with William Shatner before and after the historic space trip.

Excerpts from the Global and Domestic Events Panel at a timely Dentons think tank event, with NYPA Interim CEO Justin Driscoll, Gridwise Alliance CEO Karen Wayland, Anterix CEO Rob Schwartz, Keystone Policy Center Board Chair Paula Gold-Williams, Guidehouse Segment Leader Jan Vrins, and Dentons US Energy Practice Chair Clint Vince.