Kansas CC: Jeff McClanahan
Director of Utilities
“We would love to see the inter-regional transmission issues resolved between SPP and the other regions, so we could export some of this captive, renewable energy we have.”
Kansas CC: Commissioner Dwight Keen
State Commissions
“Through our Conservation Division, the Commission regulates the oil and gas industry. Kansas and Oklahoma are the only two states that regulate utilities and the oil and gas industry through the same agency.”
Kansas CC: Commissioner Susan Duffy
State Commissions
“The more routine business items come before the Commission twice weekly. The dockets include oil and gas production regulation, all facets of utility regulation, and commercial trucking regulation.”
Kansas CC: Chair Andrew French
State Commissions
"The Kansas Commission doesn’t use hearing officers or ALJs. We hold our own hearings. By custom, the Chair of the Commission also presides over hearings and at our business meetings."
A Day at the Kansas Corporation Commission
State Commissions
Conversations with Chair Andrew French, Commissioners Susan Duffy and Dwight Keen, Director of Utilities Jeff McClanahan, Director of Conservation Ryan Hoffman, and Director of Transportation Mike Hoeme.
I ❤ Regulation
It's Timely to Remind Ourselves Why
Unlike unregulated industries, our companies are remarkably oriented to serve the public good.
Comic-Con to Outer Space with Captain Kirk
Excerpted from PUF's interview with the founder of electric-bike company Pedego.
O Canada
On January 19, you’ll want to catch the United States Energy Association’s eighteenth annual “State of the Energy Industry” forum. Such as when the top leader of EPRI chimes in for twenty minutes starting at 9:05 a.m. ET, the top leader of the Nuclear Energy Institute at 9:25 a.m., the top leader of EEI at 10:05 a.m., and the top leader of AGA at 10:25 a.m. Registration, which is free, can be had at usea.org.
And then the next day, this Friday, you’ll want to catch the Energy Council of Canada’s first annual “Canada Energy Update.”
'Front Lines to Power Lines' Now in Hardcover
Our new book, celebrating the military veterans now serving their country in utility service, entitled “Front Lines to Power Lines,” is now available in hardcover.
Organizations can order a quantity of these beautiful and inspiring hardcovers to distribute to employees and external constituencies. For example, a box of twenty-five hardcovers would be a thousand dollars.
Please contact Joe Paparello for more info, at paparello@fortnightly.com