Law & Lawyers

Equity in Energy: Blaze Contracting

Unique conversations

“We joint ventured with a competitor to bid the project, because of the city’s requirements, the proposed accelerated schedule, and the city gave an equalization advantage for local businesses.”

Equity in Energy: Trice Construction

Unique conversations

“We were the civil contractor on the rebuild of about 400 manholes in and around St. Louis as they were upgrading the infrastructure. We’ve also been doing other underground distribution work with Ameren Missouri running conduits.”

Investing in Utility Infrastructure Under Uncertainty

Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, Unknown Unknowns

How much is enough? That’s so often the central question for those considering investments in our national defense. Along with secondary questions of nearly equal importance, such as, should we invest in this particular defense program? Or that one instead?

Equity in Energy: EVS Engineering

Unique conversations

“We want to be known as the go-to engineering company. The Minnesota Vikings are the only ones we work for outside of the solar market. We see unique niche engineering specialties within what we do, like SCADA.”

Hydro Pumping Up the Northwest

Hydropower

PUF’s Paul Kjellander talked with two leaders on all issues pertaining to hydropower and what its future looks like. Bonneville Power Administration CEO John Hairston and Idaho Power CEO Lisa Grow have much to say on this important subject.

Northwest Hydro: John Hairston

Bonneville Power Administration

Hydropower’s role as a balancing resource is going to be more important than ever. Hydropower is reliable, flexible, and clean, which makes it a perfect companion to intermittent renewable energy resources.

Achieving the Long-Standing Promise of Battery Storage

Association of Edison Illuminating Companies

“To achieve integration and widespread adoption of BESS requires a collaborative and multi-pronged approach. In addition to technological innovation, there needs to be regulatory support, financial investment, and cultivation of a skilled workforce adept in managing these new systems.”

Northwest Hydro: Lisa Grow

Idaho Power

Hydro has been critical to the integration of renewable energy. You couldn’t build enough renewables across a portfolio or a geographic area that could provide the kind of flexibility and reliability that hydro brings.