Chair Pai's View: Landmark FCC Order

Why the FCC Acted

There are many heroes in this drama, that ends with utilities getting the spectrum they need to build private LTE broadband networks, air-gapped from the very public Internet. But if we had to choose only one, it would be the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, who ushered the 900 megahertz proposal along an arduous path all the way to a final order.

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We Stopped the Presses

Utilities can secure their communications separate from the Internet, and create protected communications links with customers as the grid becomes two-way and more customer-centric.

Fortnightly Electricity Report, April 28

The virus crisis' impact on the nation's electricity usage, coal and zero-emission power plant market shares, carbon dioxide emissions and carbon intensity are the headlines of this second edition of the Fortnightly Electricity Report. After four weeks of shelter-in-place virtually nationally, how was the electric grid transformed? Steve Mitnick, Kevaghn Hinckley and Alexandra Revel of Public Utilities Fortnightly break down the numbers nationally and by the thirteen regions and highlight the huge effects on greenhouse gas emissions particularly and the unprecedented mix of electric generation.