A response to the ‘Following FERC’ column by Bruce Radford in our April 2016 issue.
Organized markets will ensure the optimal number of bulbs are screwed in, at the marginal cost of bulb screwing.
How many utility commissioners does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Five. A problem for three-person commissions. Three commissioners to hear testimony on whether changing the bulb is in the public interest. One more commissioner to direct staff to write the decision and order, to screw it in. And a fifth commissioner to hear appeals, as to whether screwing it in is actually least cost.
How many utility rate managers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Nuclear, a drain on our ability to deal with climate solutions, energy needs.
The anti-growth, anti-people extremists who started the anti-nuclear movement were wrong.
Trying to fix mandatory capacity markets like trying to win whack-a-mole, Part I
The monopoly utility model was once expansive and revolutionary. Now, it is contracting and preservationist.
With apologies to Dr. Seuss.
An innovative approach to targeted retail aggregation.
Two back-to-back decisions by the Supreme Court in 2016 will fundamentally redefine the jurisdictional split.
How is it going?
Ann McCabe is a commissioner at the Illinois Commerce Commission. The views expressed in this article are her own.
Five years have passed since Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois elected to participate in the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act, which authorized $3.2 billion in grid hardening and smart meter investments. As a commissioner at the Illinois Commerce Commission, I am often asked: How is it going?