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Affordability: Roger Kranenburg

Eversource

“There’s a temporal challenge, with EVs, data centers, and substation investments. Those decisions to enable serving that load are made 5-to-7 years before load shows up. It’s carrying 5-to-7 years of costs before seeing benefits. In the short term, you’re challenged by the impact on rates.”
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Roger Kranenburg

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Utility CEOs: Bob Frenzel

Xcel Energy

“We are making large investments in the electric grid, both transmission and distribution, as well as a significant investment in new and clean generation.”
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Bob Frenzel with Dan Hahn, Chris Rogers

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Affordability: Scott Corwin

APPA

“The big issue we’re looking at this year is one that could impact capital costs in a public power utility; the need for tax-exempt municipal financing. The tax-exempt status would instantly raise costs if it were taken away.”
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Scott Corwin

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Why SEPA and PUF Are Joining Forces

Shaping Energy’s Future

PUF is now powered by SEPA. Together, we envision an exciting journey ahead and the unlimited possibilities of what we can accomplish together on behalf of both our members and our industry.
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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Affordability: Caroline Wolfe

New York PSC

“Customers currently qualify for the energy affordability program if household income is below 60% of state median income. This will soon extend to moderate-income households. Customers can demonstrate this to utilities by identifying enrollment in state and federal programs, such as the home energy assistance program or Medicaid.”
Byline: 

Caroline Wolfe

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NARUC Winter Policy Summit Wants You

Let There Be Light

“President Tricia Pridemore’s ‘Let There Be Light’ agenda kicks off at the winter meeting. She will reiterate the plans she laid out at the Annual Meeting and put into action through the Demand Roundtable, the Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability Task Force meeting, and more.”
Byline: 

Regina Lavette Davis

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Drive to Clean Energy Amid Wildfires, Part 1

Hawaii PUC

Hawaii is undergoing a major transformation to move from a state that was almost completely reliant on imported fossil fuels to one powered by clean, renewable energy. Hawaii was the first state to commit to one hundred percent clean, renewable energy for electricity. PUF’s Paul Kjellander talks with Hawaii PUC Chair Leo Asuncion and the State’s Chief Energy Officer Mark Glick.
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PUF

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Energy Affordability by the Numbers

State Data

Tables report where energy is least and most affordable in the United States. All but two states saw a decrease, and generally saw a substantial decrease, in the average residential share over the last quarter century.
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PUF

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Clean Energy Amid Wildfires: Leo Asuncion

Hawaii PUC

“100% of generation should come from renewable resources by 2045. There’re definitions of what’s considered renewable generation. We’re a finite land mass. There’s no inter-island cable. Each island needs to figure out the right mix.”
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Leo Asuncion with Paul Kjellander

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