State and Future of Power
Check out the diversity in these eight states.
Eight state commission chairs discuss where the electric utility industry and regulation are headed.
Law & Lawyers
Ohio PUC: Howard Petricoff
Chief Analyst
“More challenging than setting cost-of-service based rates is conducting regulatory policy for the utility services now deemed competitive, pursuant to the state’s deregulation statutes.”
State and Future of Power: Arkansas
Ted Thomas, Chair, Arkansas PSC
“The key part of my job is to manage risk on behalf of ratepayers.”
Ohio PUC: Kristina Schaefer
Chief, Grid Modernization and Security
“A big part of PowerForward is setting a holistic policy for grid modernization, so that potential benefits aren’t being left on the table.”
State and Future of Power: Kentucky
Michael Schmitt, Chair, Kentucky PSC
“In eastern Kentucky, utilities are faced with serious challenges.”
Michigan State Senator Mike Nofs
Chair of Energy and Technology Committee
In the end, you’re going to pick winners and losers. If the process is fair, they’ll say, we had our shot.
More Efficient Way to Help Low Income Families
Doing Well, Doing Good
We are on the cusp of a dramatic shift that we in energy efficiency thought was nearly impossible: behavior change.
Michigan PSC: Electric Generation Infrastructure
Julie Baldwin, Cathy Cole, and Pat Poli
“We want to make sure that everyone who works on the rate cases are going to be prepared..”
Managing Risk of Innovation Deployment
An Insurance Model
If the new technology is not successful, customers may pay for both the failed experiment and the energy or technology to replace the failed equipment.
Michigan PSC: Electric Distribution Infrastructure
Pat Hudson and Ryan Laruwe
“The long-term goal is to integrate more of the distribution plans, the IRPs, and the transmission expansion planning that goes on separately and bring them all together.”