Maine PUC: Chair Emeritus Tom Welch
Unique Conversations
"One facet that I’m pleased with is bringing a certain level of economic reality to the regulatory process."
Law & Lawyers
Storm's a-Brewin'
Accelerating AI Adoption
Why utilities must invest in the residential customer experience.
EPRI Innovating Analytics, AI, Drones
Identify, Create, Transfer
New capabilities like the 5G Internet of Things are coming soon and will enable us to put more sensors in more locations with lower cost.
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.
Conference Time in the City
The Fab Four
Most people think of December as holiday time. PUF staff, being close to D.C., thinks conferences.
Transitioning to Modern Residential Rate Designs
Key Enabler of Renewable Energy Resources Integration
There are several reasons why the transition to modern rate designs has yet to be deployed to scale. Those reasons are discussed along with proposed solutions.
A Day (Two Actually) at the Maine PUC
Eleven Interviews
Eleven interviews with Maine commissioners and staff.
Induction Heating Electrifying Utilities
We Were There, at Electrification 2018
A person who might be using flame and has been using flame for twenty years may never consider talking to our induction engineers.
Maine PUC: Chair Mark Vannoy
Unique Conversations
"We complete almost 400 cases a year with just three commissioners and 60 staff."
Default Service Pricing Has Been Wrong All Along
Allows Utilities to Maintain Dominance in Markets
The failure to allocate costs appropriately to a utility business unit is in direct conflict with cost allocation guidance from NARUC.