Energy Infrastructure Discussions Begin on Capitol Hill
Bipartisan Possibilities
One of President Trump’s major campaign promises was to improve America’s infrastructure. There currently are plans to move forward with a proposal later this year.
Law & Lawyers
AABE Conference: Paula Glover Interview
Paula Glover is executive director of American Association of Blacks in Energy.
Zero Emissions Credits
State Priorities vs. Regional Differences
Recently adopted state programs to foster existing nuclear generation are being challenged in the courts for potentially infringing on FERC’s wholesale market jurisdiction. 2017 could prove to be the year when state policy priorities began to elbow aside voluntary regional market constructs.
AABE Conference: Laron Evans Interview
Laron Evans is an up and coming engineer who attended the 2017 American Association of Blacks in Energy's conference.
Picture Energy: Africa Utility Exchange Kick-off
PUF attended the historic Africa Utility Power Sector Exchange kick-off conference at the Edison Electric Institute on April 6.
Georgia Tech's Strategic Energy Institute's Conference
PUF attended INTERSECT: Energy, Policy and Innovation on April 4, 2017
Picture Energy: Energy Bar Association's Annual Meeting
PUF attended the Energy Bar Association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on April 3 and 4, 2017.
Georgia Tech: Interviews
PUF talked with Tim Lieuwen, Strategic Energy Institute’s executive director, and Rich Simmons, senior research engineer and fellow.
Picture Energy: Electricity's Next Generation Debates the Future
Young experts in the Georgetown University class on the energy sector at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service debated electric vehicles, battery storage, and the move away from the traditional utility model. PUF’s Pat McMurray was one of the judges at an energy debate on March 30.
COLD@HOME
COLD@HOME is an initiative of The Energy Action Project (EnAct), an ongoing investigation of all types of energy poverty.
Cold at Home, a short documentary film, depicts how Katerina, her son Stephan and her granddaughter Maria cope with having been picked up by the perfect storm and dropped into an extreme situation. The ongoing war in Donetsk cost Stephan his job and forced them to live year-round in Katerina’s summer dacha near Kiev.