N. Dakota PSC: Chair Julie Fedorchak
Chair
“As we transition to more renewables, we have to recognize the need for dispatchable resources to maintain reliability. If those are largely gas, then we need more pipelines.”
Law & Lawyers
Fortnightly Top Innovators 2021
Innovation Imperative
Conversations with this year’s Extraordinarily Inspiring Innovators: Arizona Public Service’s Jim Holbrook, Miguel Bravo and Christine Helmuth, California Public Utility Commission’s Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, Leuwam Tesfai and Forest Kaser, CenterPoint Energy’s Eric Easton and David Mercado, PPL’s Horst Lehmann and Eric Rosenberger, Southern California Gas’ Eric Coene, Matt Gregori and Ron Kent, and Xcel Energy’s Nadia El Mallakh.
PG&E's Landmark RFI to Underground Ten Thousand Miles of Lines
Pacific Gas & Electric
PG&E met with firms that responded to its Request for Information, each of which presented their approaches to accomplish this unprecedented project. Herein are key excerpts of the RFI.
AEIC, NARUC, EEI Back-to-Back-to-Back
Eight Days in November
The utilities industry holds three of its most important conferences of the year over a seven-day period.
ESG: Heather Humphrey and Ellen Fairchild
Evergy
“Our five-year plan is based on investment in renewables. Part of that is because we are in Missouri and Kansas, and Kansas is the wind capital of the nation.”
ESG: Duane Highley
Tri-State G&T
“We’re focused on attracting research at these former coal sites where we can transition them to energy storage sites. They’ve got the infrastructure and exceptionally good locations in terms of the transmission grid in the West.”
D.C. PSC's Clean Energy Summit
Memorable Moments
Memorable moments from the September 28 hybrid conference, including what was said there by NARUC President Paul Kjellander, PJM CEO Manu Asthana, Exelon Utilities CEO Calvin Butler, Pennsylvania PUC Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille, Maryland PSC Chair Jason Stanek, Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Carrie Zalewski, AGA CEO Karen Harbert, EPRI VP Neva Espinoza, New York PSC Commissioner Diane Burman, and Sierra Club D.C. Chapter Vice Chair Mark Rodeffer.
ESG: Brian Bird
Northwestern Energy
“Moody’s Investor Services names NorthWestern Energy in the top 5 among 50 publicly traded North American utility and power companies on Best Governance Practices.”
Clean Energy Summit: Who's the Boss?
D.C. PSC
Jurisdiction and State Clean Energy Goals: This panel explored jurisdictional issues.
ESG: Greg Dudkin and Stephanie Raymond
PPL Corp.
“We’ve added thousands of smart grid devices, including sensors and switches, and distribution automation on every circuit. We have one of the most advanced distribution networks in the country. We’ve deployed a state-of-the-art DERMS.”