Sam Insull, Bill Nye, and the Urge to Innovate
Recapturing Our Industry’s Spirit
Utility people are at their best when they're innovating to fulfill the potential, as Bill Nye says, to change the world.
Law & Lawyers
Top Innovators: Arizona Public Service
Profiles in Innovation
Kim Wagie, Director of Digital Transformation: The ultimate goal is to become a digital utility.
Cybersecurity: Connie Lau
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“The distributed denial of service attacks can affect many companies and entities across the globe simultaneously.”
Visiting EPRI Innovators
A Special Tour
In a day filled with wonder, PUF editors toured one of the world’s top energy labs, at EPRI’s sprawling campus in Charlotte.
Two Centers of Innovation Work More Closely
EPRI and GTI
A conversation with EPRI’s CEO Mike Howard and GTI’s CEO David Carroll
Securing Our Grid
Prepare, Protect, Respond, Restore
Just like dealing with natural attacks on the grid — hurricanes, storms and floods, and just like dealing with man-made attacks on the grid — vandalism, terrorism and even acts of war — we need to prepare, protect and respond to restore the grid's essential service as rapidly as possible.
Cybersecurity: Gladys Dutrieuille
Prepare, Protect, Respond
“Recently, NARUC published a Cybersecurity Manual, which is a tool kit to provide information to state Commissions as they’re looking to work with their utilities.”
EPRI: Mechanical Test Lab
Visiting EPRI Innovators
EPRI's mechanical test lab is mostly focused on high-temperature testing, researching different materials that are used in the power plant.
EPRI Considering Hydrogen More Broadly, More Strategically
The First Element Could Be Even More Important
EPRI’s generation and nuclear sectors are exploring how integrated hydrogen production and co-production could increase existing and new power plants’ operating flexibility.
Competition Hard
Full of Promise, And Then ...
The benefits of retail competition for residential customers might not be all that much.