Growing the Grid
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid
“We’re seeing increased congestion leading to increased costs and reliability challenges in the last couple of years. The issue has ripened.”
Law & Lawyers
Cooperative Power Comes Together Again in Nashville
NRECA's PowerXchange
Conversations with NRECA CEO Jim Matheson, Middle Tennessee Electric CEO Chris Jones, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas CEO Buddy Hasten, and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative CEO Suzanne Lane.
DistribuTECH: Chris Thorson, Frank Fata, Nathan Yang
FLO
“We offer to customers the option to manually configure, like some people want to maintain control of thermostats. We offer it through the app so they can decide when they want to charge.”
Keeping More Molecules in the Pipeline
ZEVAC
“The distribution companies are first looking at our products to be as clean as possible, but when operations folks realize they can avoid the hassle and operating expenses that come with those permits, notifications, and leak response truck rolls, there’s a real cost savings too.”
NRECA's PowerXchange: Jim Matheson
NRECA
“We’re different because we’re not like for-profit entities. We serve usually the hardest to the most expensive places in America based on lack of population density.”
DistribuTECH: Mahesh Sudhakaran
GE
“We are proud to have announced the world’s first portfolio designed for grid orchestration, GridOS, which pulls the capabilities required to orchestrate the grid onto one platform so utilities can orchestrate at scale. This is where we are differentiating and leading.”
Looking Back on Career Serving Canada Utility Regulators
CAMPUT
“Having a place for Canada’s regulators to speak frankly with each other, share effectively, and build these networks helps promote regulatory excellence. That’s what CAMPUT is about, promoting regulatory excellence.”
NRECA's PowerXchange: Chris Jones
Middle Tennessee Electric
“To best serve our fast-growing service area and meet evolving member expectations, we have engaged in strategic acquisitions, which is a bit unique for the co-op space. We delivered broadband. We acquired a local for-profit telephone company, United Communications.”
DistribuTECH: Anthony Allard
Hitachi Energy
“We have a number of other projects, and we talk about the offshore wind that is ongoing and moving in the U.S. A lot of those offshore wind farms will need new HVDC technology to bring the power back to shore.”
DR for the Home
SPAN
“What’s unique about this panel is it enables a homeowner to understand what is consuming energy in the home. That allows a few unique effects. Number one, we are able to avoid utility service upgrades if you are electrifying your home, and if you have less than two hundred amps.”