Planning the Smart City
Collective Collaboration
Avista Utilities, Itron, the city of Spokane, and Washington State University collaborate on smart city initiatives.
Law & Lawyers
Elin Swanson Katz, Connecticut Consumer Counsel
Office of Consumer Counsel
“All of us are on the edge of the frontier right now. There’s something going on in electric that’s never happened before.”
Directors Sue Gander and Dan Lauf
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
NGA’s Environment, Energy & Transportation Division directors explain the initiative.
Attorneys, Connecticut Consumer Counsel
Office of Consumer Counsel
Interviews with principal Attorney Joseph Rosenthal and staff attorneys Lauren Henault Bidra and Andrew Minikowski.
New Jersey: Sara Bluhm
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"We are going through quite a whirlwind of advancement at the moment."
Analysts, Examiners and an Economist, Connecticut Consumer Counsel
Office of Consumer Counsel
Interviews with Financial Analysis Supervisor Richard Sobolewski, Utilities Examiners Dave Thompson and Tyra Anne Peluso, and Economist John Viglione.
Virginia: Robby Demeria
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"The digitally literate workforce – a farmer, a mechanic, a nurse, or software engineer – all require a level of digital literacy, computational thinking, in the new economy."
Broadband Policy Coordinator William Vallee
Office of Consumer Counsel
Google Fiber often stated its greatest expense in providing affordable broadband internet access service across the U.S. is pole attachment procedures, costs, market entry hurdles.
North Dakota: Duane Schell
Smarter States, Smarter Communities
"We were in the top ten of the country with enabling texts to 911 statewide."
PUF Year-End Survey of Utility Operations and Digitization
Expert's Take on Three Questions
Industry expert Miki Deric evaluates how respondents answered three of the questions and offers his take-aways.