Environmental groups have become increasingly vocal in their opposition to natural gas. They see natural gas as a barrier to achieving climate change targets. In the minds of some observers, they are emulating the Tonya Harding approach to energy.

It is imperative for utilities to better understand customer needs before someone else does.

The utility of the future will be more renewable, distributed and democratic because it can be and it must be, given the arc of technology, economics and human preference.

25,000 traditional water mills are scattered in Nepal’s hilly terrain, many abandoned for decades.

Joe Hamrock has been NiSource President and CEO since July 2015 and is also a member of its Board of Directors. He also served in a variety of senior executive positions with American Electric Power, including President and CEO of AEP Ohio.

The National Rural Electric Coop. Assoc. represents more than 900 private, not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives which provide service to 42 million people in 47 states.

Steve Young of Duke Energy, Art Beattie of Southern Co., and Mark McGettrick of Dominion sat with us and took our questions.

“How do we make the Commerce Commission focus on economic development while balancing the interest of ratepayers?”