At an Energy Hackathon in Brooklyn
Hacking Ideas on our Energy Future
AABE Hackathon developers are passionate about our energy future and understanding what drives customers facing energy choices.
Law & Lawyers
Are Separate Rates for DG Customers Justifiable?
DG Solar
Better forecasting, planning and grid modernization are needed before attempting to assign additional costs on these groups of customers.
DER, FERC and State Authority Over Retail Restructuring
FERC Cannot or Should Not
Now is not the time to reverse course, to undermine states’ ability to define and regulate retail electric service.
Utility Performance Assurance
Reducing Risk, Incenting Innovation
An overview of alternative forms of potential new technology insurance programs.
Market Responsive Pricing for Water Utilities
A Solution to the Diamond-Water Paradox
Adjusting water prices based on supply and demand conditions will create more effective and efficient utilities, lower customer rates and protect the environment.
FCC’s Decision Accelerating Broadband Deployment
They Struck a Decent Balance
Wireless applicants will be fairly happy with this FCC decision, but local government officials do not see this as an acceptable compromise.
Cathedral of Energy Efficiency
Building Customer Trust
Energy efficiency can be the glue or the wrap that holds together a utility's relationship with their customers.
Picture Energy: AABE Hackathon
Back to Brooklyn
Steve Mitnick observes the first Energy Hackathon of the American Association of Blacks in Energy.
Picture Energy: NARUC 130th Annual Meeting
The 130th NARUC Annual Meeting and Education Conference was held November 11-14 in Florida.
Attendees were greeted with aloha and leis by staff at Loews Royal Pacific Orlando and with the theme of Powered Together, Tapping the Water-Energy Nexus, that spirit of camaraderie remained throughout the conference.
The meeting was a huge success with attendees across our industries brought together to discuss the most pressing issues of the day. Enjoy these snapshots of the experience.
Reply to October 2018 PUF Article by Ahmad Faruqui
Another View on Net Energy Metering
Like the Hotel California, once you’re in (connected), you can never leave. If you leave (go off the grid), you can’t come back.