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EPRI Electrification Symposia Series: Berkeley

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Attendees at events in Berkeley, Brooklyn, and San Antonio explored issues and opportunities for action on decarbonization. EPRI's 2019 Symposium Series kicked off in Berkeley California, July ten to twelve, with four hundred and thirty engaged participants. The symposium lived up to its promise to provide attendees a deeper dive into the specific regional issues and opportunities of end-use electrification as well as its costs and benefits. 

Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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New Jersey BPU: Mike Winka

Senior Policy Advisor

“I help out working on the Energy Master Plan, shaping policy for clean energy for carbon neutral, one hundred percent clean energy into the future.”
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Mike Winka

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A NARUC Winter

Characterizing the Commissioners Now Serving

State commissioners are a dedicated bunch, as is certainly the case of the thousands of commission staff. Dedicated to the public interest, including [when] in the arctic climes of Washington D.C. in mid-February.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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Having a Choice is Preferable, Right?

Heeding Albus Dumbledore’s Wisdom

Each month, here, in this very spot, the History Repeats column takes a look back on the large moments in the history of utility regulation and policy. And in doing so, we seek the lessons of history that might be applicable to the practice of pursuing the public interest in the present and the years ahead.

This month we choose to consider the past, present, and future of choice. Or rather, to be more precise, we mean to consider herein the past, present, and future of policymakers' choice — in about a quarter of the states — to allow choice. 

Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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A Day at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

New Jersey BPU

Conversations with New Jersey Board of Public Utilities president Joseph Fiordaliso, and commissioners Upendra Chivukula, Bob Gordon, Mary-Anna Holden and Dianne Solomon. And, conversations with chief of staff Grace Power and deputy chief of staff Christine Sadovy, executive director Paul Flanagan, director of government affairs Chance Lykins and director of special projects Kevin Nedza, director of federal and regional policy Cynthia Holland, director of energy Stacy Peterson and director of state energy services Tom Walker, director of customer assistance Julie Ford-Williams, director of clean energy Sara Bluhm Gibson, program administrator for clean energy Ariane Benrey and bureau chief of new technology for clean energy Jim Ferris, bureau chief of policy for clean energy Hannah Thonet, senior policy advisor Mike Winka.
Byline: 

Lori Burkhart

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