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FERC Order No. 1920 Opens Door for Grid Innovation

Market-Driven Reforms

“Market-driven innovation must happen at the edge of the grid. A feat achieved by FERC Order No. 1920, which was unveiled in early May. The first objective of FERC Order No. 1920 is to improve the planning process by adding long-term term planning to existing processes.”
Byline: 

Ted Thomas

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An Agile Utility in New England Enhances Its CIS

Eversource, EY

“Our primary goal was continuity for our customers as we went live. Going from a twenty-plus-year-old system to a modern system, requires moving data. That typically requires taking systems offline, which would’ve impacted customers.”
Byline: 

Ron Utterbeck and Boris Zamolodchikov

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Innovative Hybrid Renewable Energy: EDP's Alqueva Park

EEI

“EDP has tangible and realistic transition plans in place to convert its coal plants into green hubs using emerging technologies like renewable hydrogen and storage. Projects like Alqueva Park are part of EDP’s green growth strategy, aligning with the clean energy transition and consolidating core technologies and regions.”
Byline: 

Lawrence Jones

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Navigating Financial Risks of Wildfires

NARUC Annual Meeting

One General Session at the 2024 NARUC Annual Meeting and Education Conference was called "Hot Stuff: Navigating Financial Risks of Wildfires Without Getting Burned." The session looked at how wildfires pose a growing nationwide risk to communities, utilities, and consumers, with escalating financial impacts and affordability concerns. Panelists discussed innovative strategies for balancing the financial responsibilities of utilities with the need to maintain consumer affordability.
Byline: 

Ann Rendahl et al.

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Unlocking the Power of Grid Modernization

Using Data and Technology

“The complexity of this process cannot be overstated. Integrated system planning and operations serves as a framework to tie together disparate data sets, connecting internal operations with external stakeholders driving overall architecture.”
Byline: 

Elizabeth Cook

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Natural Gas: Energy Demand and Emission Challenges

NARUC Annual Meeting

At the 2024 NARUC Annual Meeting and Education Conference, the General Session "Natural Gas: Energy Demand and Emission Challenges Leading Up to 2030 and Beyond" featured CEOs from the natural gas production, transmission, and distribution sectors. They examined challenges and their plans for overcoming them through working with the regulatory body to continue lowering emissions, while maintaining production levels, safety, reliability, and affordability.
Byline: 

Kim David et al.

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Learning from Electric and Water Best Practices

NARUC Annual Meeting

At the business meeting of the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment, members of the Committee on Water joined to discuss how to use each other’s policies, planning, and lessons learned from regulating their commodity to better operate the other during the 2024 NARUC Annual Meeting and Education Conference. They focused on how electric and water utilities can learn from each other’s experiences, leverage best practices and work together to serve communities more effectively.
Byline: 

Jehmal Hudson et al.

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