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The Future of Energy Generation

Navigating Reliability and Growth

“Increased renewable energy does not mean an abrupt end to dispatchable resources. In fact, dispatchable hydro, batteries, coal, natural gas, and nuclear plants may need to last longer and operate more reliably on marginal days than they ever have before.”
Byline: 

Mike Caravaggio and Jeffery Preece

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Distributech: Eaton

“We developed an AI-powered innovation called HiZ Protect, which has shown highly accurate and fast high-impedance fault detection. These faults can lead to ignition on utility distribution systems. We believe we’ve got a novel approach that can help utilities mitigate faults.”
Byline: 

Jason Plane

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Brain Capital and the Future Energy Workforce 

A Unique Set of Challenges

Electric companies work diligently to ensure that they have the dedicated and passionate workforce needed to meet the opportunities and challenges that our industry faces. These challenges include rapidly rising demand for electricity, increasing frequency of extreme weather events, and rapid technological advances that are changing how we do business and how our customers use electricity.

Byline: 

Lawrence Jones

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Points of View, at Energy Evolution Summit

Innovations

Conversations with Southern California Edison's Caroline Choi; Arizona Public Service's recently retired Jeff Guldner; PPL Corp.'s Sal Salet, Electric Power Engineers' Hala Ballouz; NASUCA's David Springe; Environmental Resources Management’s Brian Jones; Rappahannock Electric Co-op's Peter Muhoro; Smart Electric Power Alliance's Sheri Givens; CPS Energy’s Elaina Ball, Angela Rodriguez, and Ana Lozano; Commonwealth Edison's Melissa Washington; and Orlando Utilities Commission's Linda Ferrone.
Byline: 

PUF

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Energy Evolution Summit: Caroline Choi, Jeff Guldner

APS, SCE

“The magic of this group is this is one of the few conferences where you see across the industry, as we’ve got co-ops, public power, and IOUs. We’ve also got a variety of companies on the supply side in terms of providing programs, opportunities, and the cool things driving the advanced energy economy.”
Byline: 

Caroline Choi, Jeff Guldner

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Commissioners at the Regional Conferences

Unique conversations

Conversations with Indiana URC Commissioner Sarah Freeman, Virginia SCC Commissioner Jehmal Hudson, New Mexico PRC Chair Patrick O’Connell, Maine PUC Chair Phil Bartlett, and Mississippi PSC Chair Chris Brown with Paul Kjellander on the MARC, MACRUC, WCPSC, NECPUC, and SEARUC conferences.
Byline: 

PUF

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Grading Our Water Infrastructure

American Society of Civil Engineers’ Report Card for America’s Infrastructure

Just as the end-of-school-year grades may be anxiously anticipated, not many look forward to the arrival of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) quadrennial Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.

ASCE’s overall “C” grade rating is for more sectors than utilities, including highways, streets, dams, mass transit, and airports, to name a few. We recognize that for the first time since 1998, at least no sector received a D-.

Byline: 

Mary-Anna Holden and Butch Howard

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Sarah Freeman: Mid-America Regulatory Conference

Indiana URC

“I’ll always promote the amazing educational programming at NARUC, and we’re fortunate to be members and to avail ourselves of that content. But for the smaller regions, we’re better able to tailor education to meet the needs of our states, which do differ, to a degree, across the country.”
Byline: 

Sarah Freeman with Paul Kjellander

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Nuclear's Future Resurgence, Part 1

Getting Projects Right

“Supportive sentiment from all corners is at its highest since the 1960s, with once-adverse stakeholders recognizing the need for nuclear in future power supply. Potential new nuclear owners are already looking at the future new-build environment in a different way.”
Byline: 

Tom Flaherty and Mile Milisavljevic

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