Law & Lawyers

Kansas CC: Ryan Hoffman

Director of Conservation

“To accomplish efficient recovery, states developed legal concepts like spacing, or how far apart you can drill wells, and production allowables, which is how much oil or gas an operator can produce from a single well. These concepts all tie into the term, conservation.”

Energy Storage Going Long

ESS

Conversation with ESS CEO Eric Dresselhuys, who is leading the charge to develop the long-duration energy storage badly needed by the decarbonizing grid.

Kansas CC: Mike Hoeme

Transportation Director

“We are one of the few states that offers existing and prospective motor carriers the opportunity to attend a free safety seminar to learn about the rules and regulations.”

Considering Cybersecurity

NARUC's Winter Policy Summit

NARUC's 2022 Winter Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. had something for everyone, held during the Super Bowl and Valentine's Day, making regulation feel a bit more, well, fun. The business of regulation in the public interest was of course serious as usual, but there were footballs and hearts to be found.

The PUF team was there, and in these pages celebrates NARUC and some one thousand four hundred attendees, over ninety percent of whom were there in person. The Winter Summit had lots going on, with jam-packed sessions, and pandemic-weary people glad to see each other.

Dentons Fireside Chat: Lawrence Jones

Edison Electric Institute

“I don’t talk about transportation electrification. I talk about electrification of mobility. Because it’s not just cars. It’s airplanes, it’s scooters. In Norway, you have ships being electrified.”

Undergrounding and ESG

Sustainability

“How can investments in resiliency improve a utility’s ESG score, and potentially, how could undergrounding current overhead T&D lines improve ESG?”