Consumer Protection: State Advocates Speak
NASUCA 2021
A roundtable discussion with NASUCA State Advocates focused on efforts to help customers manage and pay off arrearages now that disconnection moratoria are expiring across the country.
Law & Lawyers
Maryland PSC: Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton
Commissioner
“Now we start the process of helping a lot of small businesses and customers get back on their feet. That’ll take more time, probably a little longer than the pandemic took.”
MACRUC Annual Conference
Picture Energy
In-Person at the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Commissioners’ Annual Conference.
How to Modernize the Electric Grid
Rethinking Our Vision
With even the simplest transmission project taking a decade or more, we should take some specific, short- and medium-term actions.
Maryland PSC: Commissioner Anthony O'Donnell
Commissioner
“I’m hoping soon we can begin to implement performance-based rates and performance incentive mechanisms.”
Electrification 2021: A Net Zero Energy System for All
EPRI
EPRI looks at updating the grid for an electrified economy and solving the most difficult decarbonization challenges, with unprecedented resiliency for everyone.
Aloha State Moves Quickly to Keep Lights on with Customer Solar + Storage
Innovation Bridges the Gap
In exchange for the battery incentives, participating customer-generators will agree to discharge their batteries in a coordinated way with the utility for a period of ten years.
Maryland PSC: Commissioner Michael Richard
Commissioner
“I hope we can keep a hybrid aspect of the virtual hearings because there’s been more public participation, particularly when we have our administrative meetings, requiring representatives for companies to come here for a 3-to-5-minute presentation.”
Equity, Environmental Justice, and Affordability: Clean Energy Transition
Electrification 2021
This talk addressed equity and environmental issues for impacted communities, plus how industry and utilities can help communities adapt to rapid changes.
Maryland PSC: Senior Advisor to Chair Stanek
State Commissions
“ I advise the Chair and Commissioners on a variety of legal and policy matters. There are four senior Commission advisors, and we serve in a number of roles.”