Powering the People: 100% Carbon-Free Energy Solutions
Edison Foundation
“One of the challenges I’ve seen is how fast these solutions sell out. How do you keep your regulators in lockstep with customer demand?”
Law & Lawyers
Insuring Ensuring Cybersecurity: Bill Pfister
Edison Electric Institute
“What we expect is a lot of cyber policies will be litigated in court. It’s trying to figure out attribution, and attribution is difficult to prove.”
Powering the People: Using Tech to Engage Customers
Edison Foundation
“Today what’s different and exciting is the great technologies that are available in the market and through our partnerships with technology companies that help our customers shrink, shape, or shift their usage in time.”
Questions of the Day from NARUC's Annual Meeting
NARUC
Answers to “What are the most important issues facing your State or Company?” and “What does the Federal Infrastructure Bill mean for your State or Company?”
Inflation, Monetary Policy, Interest Rates
Implications for Utilities and Regulators
Panelists brought together by University of Missouri’s Financial Research Institute included Big Rivers Electric Corp. CFO Talina Mathews, Energize Strategies Founder Ted Thomas, NASUCA Executive Director David Springe, and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Lead Economist William Emmons.
Educating on the Electric Grid of Tomorrow
Putting Podcasts to Work
“We have an immediate opportunity and a responsibility to prepare our next generation workforce for a future that will require them to maintain and prepare the grid for major changes including new loads and new technologies. We also must educate our customers and regulatory agencies.”
The Challenge with Realizing the Global Energy Transition
EEI International
How EEI International Programs Works Toward Solutions: “Inspired by the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin, EEI International Programs launched the Electricity Diplomacy Initiative, which seeks to foster dialogue among electricity industry leaders, diplomats, and policymakers around the world.”
NARUC's Winter Summit
The More Things Change
There’s less than two weeks to go before we’ll be getting together again in D.C. in mid-February. As usual it will be a lot warmer inside the Renaissance Hotel than outside of it, at NARUC’s 2023 Winter Meeting; formally the Winter Policy Summit.
D.C.'s Clean Energy Summit: FERC, MD, VA and DC Commissioners Gather
Picture Energy
The January 18th Clean Energy Summit at the D.C. Public Service Commission had an impressive lineup of speakers. Including FERC Chair Willie Phillips, Maryland PSC Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton, D.C. PSC Chair Emile Thompson, and Virginia State Corporation Commission Chair Jehmal Hudson.
From Both Sides Now: Bob Rowe Retiring
NorthWestern Energy
“Dealing with supply restructuring was challenge enough, but as Montana Power transitioned into being a telco, which ended up in a liquidation bankruptcy, NorthWestern Public Service came in, committed to the utility operation, and acquired the distribution system.”