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Law & Lawyers
Who Should Pay for Resilient Power System?
CROPS Determines the Best Measures
Local power customers, regional, state and federal entities should share responsibility and costs.
In Diversity There is Energy
Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion. Glorious Additions to the Strings
Diverse teams tend to be more curious, dynamic, creative. Groupthink is less likely, anticipating the unanticipated, more likely.
Why Regulators Should Replace Electric Utility Rate Base
Challenging Choices
If rate base no longer works, consider alternatives. In competitive markets, if retailers are to stay in business, they must recover a profit margin.
Energy's Spend and Workplace Diversity
Why leaders drive diversity
Economists can show how buyers benefit when there is a broader pool of sellers competing with each other. This is true whether a buyer is a family looking for a restaurant meal or a utility seeking a new hire or a contractor. In the following nine conversations with utility execs and regulators and others in our industry, we heard again and again how diversity spend and diversity in the workplace increases competition and rewards companies and their consumers. Check out what leaders at Duke Energy, Exelon/BGE, Sempra/SDG&E, etc. told us about why they drive diversity:
Rethinking Conventional Wisdom on Reliability and Security
Challenging the Rules
Fighting the established approach takes data. Lots of data.
Diversity: Melody Birmingham-Byrd
State President, Duke Energy Indiana
"Having a diverse corporate-level senior management committee helps us advance our mission."
Managing Electric Grid's Cyber Security Risk
EPRI Podcast Summary
Building multiple security countermeasures can protect utility assets, but this can be a large order.
Diversity: Calvin Butler
BGE's CEO
"I believe we’re better served when our employees reflect the communities we serve."
FERC Grants Edison's Wish
Opening Marketplace to Storage
Thomas Edison foreshadowed the potential for energy storage as early as 1883.