Industry Sage David Owens Retires
Honoring Him with Our First PUF’s Owen Young Award
Owens has been the industry’s debater-in-chief. This month, uncharacteristically, he’s decided to put down the mic for good.
Law & Lawyers
The Times, They are a-Changin'
A response to the May 2017 From the Editor by PUF Editor-in-Chief Steve Mitnick
A more active and informed citizenry, involved in plotting electricity's path forward, isn't a cold, hard truth. It's a good thing.
Nikola Tesla Corner: Fortnightly Top Forty Innovators
Tesla was a ceaseless innovator
Nominate innovators you admire. Maybe readers will nominate you.
David Owens Makes His Mark
First Recipient of PUF’s Owen Young Award
Owens set the stage for an industry moving into the modern era of electricity competition, smart grids and fuel diversity. Kudos by Tom Kuhn, Jim Laurito, Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, Kevin Fitzgerald, Ralph Cavanagh, Paula Glover.
Energy Memories: Jackalyne Pfannenstiel
Pfannenstiel died April 26.
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, the first woman to chair the California Energy Commission, and the first woman to be a corporate officer of Pacific Gas & Electric (VP, strategic initiatives), died on April 26.
Dispatch Order: Industry Names We Miss
Here's our list of twenty-four.
We miss them. Like old friends that moved on. Where are they now?
Just Two FERC Commissioners
We sat down with chair Cheryl LaFleur and commissioner Colette Honorable as their extraordinary time as the only members of the FERC continues.
Since early February 2017, FERC has faced an unprecedented freeze of certain major agenda items when one of its three remaining commissioners resigned, leaving just two. The agency usually has five commissioners, and typically needs a quorum of at least three to approve certain projects. FERC has never been in a situation in which it had just two commissioners until this year.
Alliance to Save Energy's EE Global Conference
Picture Energy: May 8-9
The conference featured many of the stars in energy efficiency, including Alliance's president Kateri Callahan, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, and World Resources Institute CEO Andrew Steer.
Energy People: Rudy Wynter
Oversees T&G investments at National Grid
Rudy Wynter oversees electric transmission and generation, liquefied natural gas storage, and gas transmission pipeline investments at National Grid. With over 25 years of experience in the utility sector, Wynter has held positions in customer operations, strategic planning, engineering, and operations.
USEA Visits Emirates
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