Communications Manager and Legislative Liaison
A Day at the Iowa Utilities Board
"A lot of people don’t know who the IUB is until there is a rate case or an issue that impacts them and they contact us."
Law & Lawyers
CEOs Talk Innovation: Chris Crane
AEP, Ameren, Entergy, Exelon, Southern
"We were able to get regulatory approval to own storage and that’s a big step. You have to be willing to partner."
Canada's Regulators Gather at CAMPUT 2019, Part 2
CAMPUT 2019
Conversations with eastern and midwestern Canadian regulators
CEOs Talk Innovation: Tom Fanning
AEP, Ameren, Entergy, Exelon, Southern
"Turns out there’s more people that have an innovation gene, but they had subordinated it. We started some things to celebrate the revolutionary in us all."
Manitoba Public Utilities Board
CAMPUT 2019
"We’re one of the smallest rate regulators in North America. We have eleven PUB Board Members, including a Chairman. The Chair is the only full-time member."
Necessity Still Mother of Invention
Look at German Grid
Germany is politically united to close all remaining nuclear plants by the end of 2022 – but its coal generation will live on to at least 2038.
New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
CAMPUT 2019
"New Brunswick is one of four Atlantic provinces and the only officially bilingual province in Canada. Our Board operates in both languages, including the issuance of decisions."
Community Dialogue and Sustainability for Effective Vegetation Management
On Incompatible Trees
We define incompatible trees and shrubs as those that potentially can grow to the point of interfering with transmission assets.
Nova Scotia Utility & Review Board
CAMPUT 2019
By 2020, we have to achieve 40% renewable energy in electricity sales. 15 years ago, 80% of our generation was thermal, mostly coal, natural gas, and a small bit of oil."
Distributed Utility 2.0
Re-envisioning the electric distribution utility
Our vision of distributed utility 2.0 is organized around three core functions: planning and interconnection, operations and market services, and rate design. This overview focuses on transition issues.