Rate Base or Rate of Return: Which Drives Rate Awards?
Question Worth Asking, But Answer’s Unclear
In many cases, regulators accept the premise that rates must go up to reflect a need for significant investment in coming years.
Law & Lawyers
Ten Predictions for 2018
NOPR Over and Over. Bills Lower and Lower.
Energy storage will advance, electrification will pick up, allowed rates of return will be reconsidered.
CFO Roundtable, Part II
More Strategy in the CFO’s Responsibilities
A discussion with Bob Frenzel, CFO, Xcel Energy; Marty Lyons, CFO, Ameren; and Drew Marsh, CFO, Entergy.
Innovation Leaders' Roundtable, Part II
With senior executives from across utilities
With Dave Christian,Dominion Energy; Chris Gould, Exelon; Don Clevenger, Oncor; and Bert Valdman, Optimum Energy.
Innovation's North Star
Management looks internally for momentum
Innovation is most valuable when directed at fulfilling customer needs. Getting commercialization right is critical to value capture.
The Industry Globalized
Thought leadership & global advocacy
A conversation with Lawrence Jones, VP, International Programs, Edison Electric Institute.
From RWE
Innovating Business Models
By splitting RWE into two organizations, we created two valid companies on the stock market, with a more specific purpose and valid value proposition for each.
Should FERC Reconsider Policy Statement on Pipeline Certification?
Natural Gas Policy May be Outdated
FERC has the obligation to consider the environmental consequences of major projects, but assessing their effects on climate change, let alone measuring them, overstretches
its capability.
Energy Efficiency: The Art of Measurement
Modernizing Measurement & Verification
EM&V is the key to understanding if investments in energy efficiency produce the expected returns in savings.
Book Review of 'California Goes Green'
Michael Peevey’s History Considered
An engaging read for anyone who wants to understand how energy policies are made in the Golden State.