Least Cost Often Costliest
What Seems Efficient May Be the Opposite
A proposed transmission project would cost a billion dollars if it is built. The odds are long indeed.
Law & Lawyers
GEF: Leading the Change
EEI
“Inflation, supply chains disrupted, and the Ukraine being invaded by Russia. We’re living this new normal on disruption, so much so that we have seen countries in Europe and others having underlying energy policies affected that are needed to get to net zero.”
Making Less Vulnerable the Minerals Critical to Power's Future
EV Batteries and More
“The secret that not everyone knows is, for many of these critical minerals, the U.S. has them here domestically. They can be found in different sources across the country. But can they be recovered in a way that’s environmentally friendly and can compete on cost?“
Two Utility CEOs on Their Transformation Priorities
Decarbonization
Conversations with San Diego Gas & Electric CEO Caroline Winn and Xcel Energy CEO Bob Frenzel, with PUF’s Steve Mitnick and Guidehouse’s Chris Rogers.
GEF: Fireside Chat
EEI
“The EU, UK, Norway, and others surrounding Europe have to consider the whole security of supplies, also based on maybe not shutting down coal or all nuclear yet. We need to speed up power generation from new renewables.”
NARUC Executive Committee Member Looks Forward
NARUC
“It’s resource adequacy, supply chain headwinds, and also market development. Those are the key issues in the west, regardless of whether you’re a state with clean-energy policies or not.”
Caroline Winn: Transformation Priorities
San Diego Gas & Electric
“Our study, this path to net zero, estimates that by 2045, there will be a demand for six and a half million metric tons of hydrogen in California. Almost all of that, eighty percent, is going to be used to enhance electric grid reliability.”
GEF: Expanding Transmission
EEI
“Electricity is bringing people together. Electricity is part of world peace and that is something we can all embrace.”
Lightning Round on Power's Future
Guidehouse
Fourteen Guidehouse experts hit their buzzers and answer our questions: Hector Artze, Dan Bradley, Michelle Fay, Lisa Frantzis, Nicole Reed Fry, Ben Grunfeld, Derek Jones, Robyn Link, Chris Luras, Macky McCleary, David O’Brien, Molly Podolefsky, Danielle Vitoff, and Ted Walker.
Bob Frenzel: Transformation Priorities
Xcel Energy
“We’ve just received permission to build a $2 billion transmission project in Colorado to bring clean energy from the great energy resources in the eastern and southern plains of Colorado to the metroplex of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo.”