Panelists brought together by University of Missouri’s Financial Research Institute included Big Rivers Electric Corp. CFO Talina Mathews, Energize Strategies Founder Ted Thomas, NASUCA Executive Director David Springe, and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Lead Economist William Emmons.

“Today what’s different and exciting is the great technologies that are available in the market and through our partnerships with technology companies that help our customers shrink, shape, or shift their usage in time.”

“One of the challenges I’ve seen is how fast these solutions sell out. How do you keep your regulators in lockstep with customer demand?”

gridCONNEXT 2022 brought together a cross-section of experts from businesses, utilities, and government to explore grid innovations enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy.

This meeting's agenda with all 15 Commissioners was Addressing Regulatory Gaps/Challenges in Oversight of Transmission Development.

“It is time for a win for rural electric cooperative members nationwide who wish to pursue flexible, innovative energy solutions.”

“Utilities are uniquely positioned to bring together and advise all stakeholders to address the operational and technological challenges associated with installing a wide enough network of high-powered chargers for commercial vehicles.”

“We force device makers to interoperate and work within a heterogenous network. That’s not easy to do. We authenticate and provide means to certify the device. In that way, JERA and other companies we work with are immune to vendor lock.”

Panels about North America’s transition toward net zero were jam-packed with execs who each individually and certainly in aggregate can move the needle to combat climate change.

“The Allam-Fetvedt Cycle is a new type of power cycle that takes a novel approach to emissions reduction. It uses the oxy-combustion of carbon fuels and a high-pressure supercritical carbon dioxide working fluid in a highly recuperated cycle that captures all emissions by design.”