Transformation Leader Navigant Transforms to Guidehouse
Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure
“We have 7,000 consultants serving healthcare, financial services, and the public sector. We continue to serve our clients in the energy industry.”
Law & Lawyers
Diversity in Utilities Workforce and Spend 2020
Fortnightly Annual Feature
Ask any leader in the utilities industry, and they will tell you how important utilities workforce and spend are to the success of their company.
Electricity Affordability in Energy Transformation Era
Countervailing Forces at Work
“Learning what works and what doesn’t work early in the transformation will help separate success from failure, and maintain affordable energy.”
FCC Allows Utilities Private LTE Broadband
Landmark May 13 Order
The FCC made a key segment of spectrum available for electric utilities to use for the broadband data platforms that will support the modern electric grid.
Diversity: Crystal Ross-Smith of Ameren
Utilities Workforce and Spend
“When you have a diverse group of people, you have a diverse mindset, and innovative thinkers, and somebody who will bring something to the table that you may not have thought of.”
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We Stopped the Presses
Utilities can secure their communications separate from the Internet, and create protected communications links with customers as the grid becomes two-way and more customer-centric.
Diversity: Kevin Bryant of Evergy
Utilities Workforce and Spend
“The pressure on cost efficiencies is real. Part of the value of diversity is we’re bringing in a lot of folks to help us think about how we reimagine our business moving forward.”
Chair Pai's View: Landmark FCC Order
Why the FCC Acted
There are many heroes in this drama, that ends with utilities getting the spectrum they need to build private LTE broadband networks, air-gapped from the very public Internet. But if we had to choose only one, it would be the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, who ushered the 900 megahertz proposal along an arduous path all the way to a final order.
Diversity: Bridget Reidy of Exelon
Utilities Workforce and Spend
“Exelon has expanded this program to evaluate the diversity performance of firms providing banking, insurance, and legal services.”
Senator Warner's View: Landmark FCC Order
National Security Strengthened
A key barrier has been the lack of spectrum availability to support those specialized networks. Now, thanks to this new FCC order, utilities can get access to that spectrum.