CFO Roundtable
EEI
Resilience conversations with PSEG CFO Dan Cregg, Duke Energy CFO Brian Savoy, and Exelon CFO Jeanne Jones.
Law & Lawyers
How Fleet Electrification is Going
Accenture
“The majority of organizations are still in the early stages of fleet electrification and have either not yet started the process or are less than a quarter of the way through.”
CFO Roundtable: Dan Cregg
PSEG
“One of the most vital resources in New Jersey in the energy space, and that is our nuclear units. Those units are dispatchable, carbon-free generators that produce close to forty percent of the energy that New Jersey uses.”
Large Public Power Council on Grid Reliability
Power Shift
From the Large Public Power Council’s “Power Shift” meeting on Washington D.C.’s Capitol Hill, excerpts of remarks by U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Omaha Public Power District CEO Javier Fernandez, LPPC Chair & Long Island Power Authority CEO Tom Falcone, and United States Energy Association CEO Mark Menezes.
CFO Roundtable: Brian Savoy
Duke Energy
“An interesting investment we’ve made on a sizable part of our grid in Florida, and about half of it in the Carolinas, is called smart, self-healing technology. It functions similar to a GPS system or Waze on your phone, rerouting power to avoid the areas of congestion and getting customers the quickest route to get the lights back on.”
How Can We Ensure Energy Transition is Just?
Procedural Justice at State Commissions
“State-level regulators across the country do not currently have a shared understanding of what they would need to do differently to ensure that disadvantaged communities have a meaningful opportunity to be heard in decision-making processes and help shape better outcomes.”
CFO Roundtable: Jeanne Jones
Exelon
“We always start with what our customers want. Our customers want a resilient, clean, affordable grid. All our investment plans are designed to meet the goals in our various jurisdictions.”
The Impact of the Electrification of Everything
GridFWD 2023
Moderated by POWER Engineers Chief Digital Officer Nathan Bingham, this panel featured National Grid Principal Analyst for Clean Energy Development Gideon Katsh, PXiSE CEO Tim Allen, Avista Utilities Director of Avista Innovation Lab John Gibson, and Landis+Gyr Director of Regulatory Affairs and Industry Relations Marguerite Behringer.
Gas-Electric Systems Evolve Beyond Interdependency
Interconnected Bulk Energy System
“These two systems have become interconnected, rather than just Interdependent. A new reliability paradigm, the Interconnected Bulk Energy System, emerges with this evolution, reflecting the increased interrelationship between the gas and electricity sectors.”
Three Opportunities for Utilities in 2024
Addressing the Energy Trilemma
“Managed services, especially in back-office functions like finance, procurement, tax and cyber, can help utilities drive innovation and reshape spending to better manage through the energy transition.”