Smart Cities, Energy Transformation
Opportunities, Challenges for Utilities
The development of smart cities and energy industry transformation have much in common.
Law & Lawyers
Future of EE is Now
Data Creates New Opportunities
In prior articles, we focused on the important impact that the energy efficiency industry has had on the current North American energy economy. In this essay, we share our thoughts on the ways this segment will be challenged to drive innovation as it continues to mature. We also discuss the evolving role demand side management will play in the energy industry and the utility of the future.
When Super Heroes Clash
When Policy and Practice Don't Match
In Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the heroes align to achieve greater things for humanity than either could do alone. A similar story plays out in real life, starring legislators and regulators.
Nuclear Closures
Where is the Public Interest?
Debates rage in state houses across the country about subsidizing the weakening nuclear power industry. Not for new nuclear plants, but rather subsidies to prevent the early retirement of existing nuclear power stations.
Strike While Iron Hot
This Is Not an Election Year
View the summer and fall as opportunities to educate legislators and regulators.
AEIC Power Delivery Committee Meets
36 Execs from 28 Utilities
AEIC's Power Delivery Committee met in March 2017 to discuss advances that were being deployed at host company Oncor and in the industry at large.
Buy Small, Win Big
Smaller Utilities for Next Deal
Looking for deals? Consider moving fast. The smaller utility market is shrinking.
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.
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.