New York PSC: Rory Christian
Chair
“We’re looking at rate design measures, with the goal of establishing rates for electric use that encourage electrification and do not overburden customers as they transition fuels.”
Law & Lawyers
USEA State of the Energy Industry Forum: Arshad Mansoor
EPRI
“Hydrogen, biofuels, these are all opportunities that we have. Our innovation is focusing on, how do we accelerate this technology innovation? So that all the promises all the corporations have made for net zero by 2050, which is twenty-seven years from now, we can meet.”
New York PSC: James Alesi
Commissioner
“The one thing that’s going to drive this Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act is acceptance by the public. I’m optimistic because the general public is now aware of what we’re trying to do.”
USEA State of the Energy Industry Forum: Maria Korsnick
Nuclear Energy Institute
“The IRA includes a new production tax credit to help the existing fleet stay online for years. It encourages new nuclear with a clean electricity investment tax credit that covers 30% of investment in zero carbon facilities, including nuclear. If the company uses American manufacturing, they get an additional 10%. If you build in a community supported by a retiring fossil fuel plant, that’s another 10%.”
New York PSC: Tracey Edwards
Commissioner
“My hope is everyone will have the same vision. I believe there’s resistance to a clean-energy future. I’m not sure we’re at the hearts and minds yet. If you are a utility and you are getting things done, it’s hard to let go of traditional ways.”
USEA State of the Energy Industry Forum: Mike Sommers
American Petroleum Institute
“This is the moment we believe we can finally get permitting reform done. There is a bipartisan consensus to get this done. You’re not going to be able to build out these high-powered transmission lines. We need more pipelines in this country to transport product from where it is to where it needs to be.”
New York PSC: John Maggiore
Commissioner
“The PSC makes decisions independent of electoral politics. The history of the Commission is the PSC is a spinoff of the legislature. Go back to 1907, and the functions were exclusively legislative. They were not executive.”
On the Front Line in Ukraine
DTEK
Inspiring words by DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko: Our industrial consumers are ready to pay the European price, so they have a guaranteed supply of electricity. We are in discussion with our government to liquidate this economic distortion, so we can use this available cross-border capacity at full capacity.
New York PSC: John Howard
Commissioner
“If we need to build 140,000 MW of new generation, in excess of 15 MW of storage, and related transmission, this is a ginormous cost. The legislature that passed the law has the goal, but no one communicated the price tag. I think every Commission around the country is now bumping up against the price tag.”
Picture Energy: NARUC 2023 Winter Policy Summit
Over 1,600 Attendees!
Regulation in the public interest was celebrated, and participants had a plethora of panels and speakers to choose from.