M&A Amid Masks
COVID-19
It’s no surprise that folks hit the pause button on M&A as they looked to shore up balance sheets and liquidity needs and scenario plan around an unknown like COVID-19.”
Law & Lawyers
NARUC: NAACP’s Derrick Johnson Keynote
NARUC Summer Summit
Johnson, CEO of the NAACP, discussed how the regulatory community can make a difference by taking on a powerful topic.
Gas Ban as Confiscation of Property
Reconsider Compensation Policy
The gas utility investor is put in a different position with electrification than under all prior stranded cost experience where the enterprise continues in business.
NARUC: Pandemic Priorities
NARUC Summer Summit
A panel discussion moderated by Brandon Presley with Karen Harbert, Tom Kuhn, Rob Powelson, Jonathan Spalter and David Springe.
Should Governors or Voters Select Utility Commissioners?
An Evolving Answer
The governor has much discretion in appointing Commissioners that may not reflect the preference of the general population.
NARUC: Digital Divide
NARUC Summer Summit
A panel discussion moderated by Brandon Presley with Patrick Halley, Blair Levin, Kathryn de Wit and Joseph Wender.
Asset Replacement Based on Risk Modeling
Emerging Practices
This article examines common weaknesses in methodologies IOUs employ when developing benefit-cost analyses for grid investment proposals.
NARUC: Landmark LTE Order
NARUC Summer Summit
The Federal Communications Commission on May 13 made a key segment of underutilized spectrum in the 900 MHz range available to electric utilities to use for broadband data platforms that will support the modern electric grid.
It gave utilities an essential tool to tackle the current safety and health crisis, as well as prepare transformational opportunities to make infrastructure efficient, resilient, and cyber secure. This panel at NARUC's Summer Policy Summit on July 20, 2020 explored how utilities and customers will rely on communications networks in the future.
Broadband – Learning from the Pandemic
A Silver Lining?
This real-world stress test reinforces the need to close the digital divide.
The AABE Conference, Virtual Too
American Association of Blacks in Energy
When the national consciousness of racial equality and inequality has risen substantially, AABE has taken on a greater responsibility to help us address this challenge.