Utility M&A Deals in Third Quarter
2019 Deals
In some instances, you’re seeing folks looking at freeing up capital through portfolio rationalization to deploy into more focused areas that they consider strategic to their core business.
Law & Lawyers
How Do We Accelerate Transmission Development?
Challenges and Opportunities
Conversations with former FERC Chair Jim Hoecker and legendary developer Michael Skelly at the International Summit on the Electric Transmission Grid.
Building the Greater Grid Will Achieve Affordable, Resilient Decarbonization
Update Regional Transmission Planning
FERC should bolster its regional and inter-regional transmission planning requirements to facilitate grid expansion, lower power prices, and achieve state and federal public policy goals.
NARUC Works in West Africa Too, in the Public Interest
Volunteering
Our support will fit into the realm of opportunities of developing the electricity market in West Africa by promoting the regional power market.
How FERC's Peers Estimate Equity Costs
A Deep Dive
While FERC is wise to consider how its sister federal agencies estimate the cost of equity, a review of those agencies’ estimation methods spotlights fatal flaws in FERC’s proposed new approach.
Following the Innovators
Extended Market Presence
Utilities need to find unconventional ways to take advantage of market innovation without over-taxing or under-utilizing internal resources and capabilities.
Net Neutrality is Back Once Again
Questions Remain
The result of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’s decision is a whole lot of uncertainty. If you are an electric utility, you don’t know for sure who will be allowed to attach their lines (or antennas) to your poles. If you are a state legislator or regulator, you don’t know if any laws or regulations you adopt will be upheld.
Typhoons and Resilience in Japan
Challenges to the Grid Here
A large percentage of utility poles in Japan are either made of concrete or are underground, not only to withstand typhoons, but of course earthquakes.
Sue Kelly and PUF's Owen Young Award
Sue Stood Out with Her Sharp Mind and Sharp Wit
Like David Owens, Kelly has retired from the leadership of one of our great utility associations and leaves our whole industry with precious memories and the positive changes they wrought.
Promises
Without Vertical Integration, Retailers Limited
Why should we have supposed that residential bills would be significantly lower under competition?