July PUF Excerpt: Saluting IBEW & Utility Workforce
The PUF team reads a few favorite excerpts from the cover article of July's Public Utilities Fortnightly, "Saluting the IBEW and Utility Workforce."
Happy Birthday, David Lilienthal (July 8)
Commissioner David Lilienthal, whose birthday is July 8, wrote a PUF article while at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission.
He later became one of the nation's most influential utility regulators, then a key leader of President Franklin Roosevelt's Administration on energy matters, then the chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority - he was really the driving force in TVA's creation — and then the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
July PUF Excerpt - Day at Idaho PUC, Virtually
The PUF team reads a few favorite excerpts from a special article in July's Public Utilities Fortnightly, "A Day at the Idaho PUC, Virtually."
Read our July issue
Our July issue is now available digitally.
What Comes Down, Must Go Up
Over the last two weeks, electric sales in the PJM and MISO regions were up.
MACRUC's Annual Education Conference Kicked Off, June 15
Kick off Q&A
Excerpts from the Kick off Q&A, moderated by Iowa Utilities Board Member and former NARUC President Nick Wagner.
APPA’s Public Power Connect, June 8
American Public Power Association
The awards ceremony, excerpted here, was held virtually.
Preparing for the Post-Pandemic
Repurposing Tools
This pandemic requires that we focus more on cash flow, a too often overlooked metric.
Reimagining Purpose
Investing in R&D and Innovation
In a post-COVID-19 world, growth in current R&D and innovation spend is a necessary condition for market recovery.
Adding to the Tool Belt: Augmented and Virtual Reality Headsets
Burns & McDonnell
Continuing to work on job sites now means understanding how to complete the same tasks even more safely, either with fewer people or from remote locations — or both. New technologies lend themselves to continued connectivity.