Seven Women CEOs Look Forward
Unique conversations
Interviews with CEOs from Alliant, CMS, CPS, Green Mountain, Hawaiian, Portland, and PNM.
Law & Lawyers
State Legislators Summit: State Senators David Koehler and Eric Koch
Policymaking at its Finest
“There aren’t Republican electrons and Democrat electrons; they’re just electrons, and we have to just deal with this as colleagues in a bipartisan way.”
Women CEOs: Pat Kampling, Alliant Energy
Looking Forward
“Ten years ago, we went on this path to start decarbonizing our fleet. We were probably ahead of others because we realized our old, smaller coal plants were not economic.”
State Legislators Summit: TVA CEO Jeff Lyash
Policymaking at its Finest
“Over the next 20 or 30 years, how we plan and build the electricity system in this country is going to be critical to the economy and the environment, and policymakers here today are a critical part of this.”
EV Managed Charging
Time to Act is Now
At a minimum, to fully leverage managed charging benefits, all chargers financed via the rate base should be managed charging capable.
Future of FERC Reporting, Through the XBRL Looking Glass
State Response Matters
As FERC begins its process of adopting the new digital reporting standard, eXtensible Business Reporting Language or XBRL, it opened the opportunity for the states to become active in the process. The data structure design has the potential to dramatically change how state public utility commissions are able to oversee the utilities they regulate.
Buying Solar Energy by The Minute
Aligning Benefits with Costs
There is a better way to implement the Buy All-Sell All model. Instead of setting VoS rates based on speculative forecasts, why not just pay prices that reflect the actual, contemporaneous value of the solar energy? Why not, effectively, buy the solar energy by the minute?
Smart Communities Share Infrastructure
Synergy Smarter
One new variation on the traditional utilities business model involves leveraging public-private partnerships to overcome the funding and jurisdictional challenges of smart communities.
Launching PUF's Education & Publications Division
Become a 21st Century Pamphleteer
We will help you become a Tom Paine for your ideas on utility business models, rate structures, T&D investment, and innovation.
Let's Not Forget Balancing Act of Regulation
Commissions Confront Challenges
Changed economic, market, operating, and policy conditions justify commissions revisiting the public interest effects of existing ratemaking and other practices.