Nuclear Powering the Future
Its Role in Growing Electricity Demand
“EPRI’s research portfolio is focused on maintaining safe, reliable, and economical operation of today’s reactors, while supporting the development of next-generation technologies.”
Law & Lawyers
Power's Future: Regulatory Innovations
Guidehouse
“Regulatory incentives focusing on improving overall system utilization create a net downward pressure on rates, just as prioritizing rate impact benefits over other benefit-cost tests helps lower rates more readily than do traditional avoided capital cost tests.”
Phil Bartlett: New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners
Maine PUC
“One of the big issues we’ve been struggling with for a long time is that we are constrained in terms of natural gas pipelines coming into the region. That puts us at risk, particularly during winter months when gas gets prioritized for home heating, and there’s limited ability to bring in more gas to meet peak demand.”
Utilities Continue to Lead the Energy Transition
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
Navigating Reliability, Affordability, and Decarbonization: “Like the three legs of a stool, affordability, reliability and decarbonization must each be supported to maintain a stable and forward-looking energy system. At Central Hudson, we’re especially focused on affordability for our customers who are feeling the brunt of the rising cost of living.”
MISO Chief Customer Officer on Resilience
MISO
“All these resources coming on have a lower accredited capacity than traditional resources. You have to make sure you’re meeting that supply-demand balance in an already tight market. That’s what we’re focused on. We’re also focused on getting more transmission built.”
Chris Brown: Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Mississippi PSC
“SEARUC will focus on promoting best practices, improving efficiency, reducing regulatory burdens where appropriate, and strengthening the financial prudence of utility operations, all with the goal of delivering value to the consumer.”
The First State and Future of Power
2018, When We Started
In that first Special Issue, my editorial was entitled “State of Power by State.” The message there was summed up in this sentence: “When we assess the present state of power, and when we project the future, we know the states are really different.”
Chairs Meeting and Commissioner Orientation
NARUC
Conversations with Tricia Pridemore and Jehmal Hudson about the Chairs Council Conference and New Commissioner Orientation.
Canadian Regulators Meet at CAMPUT 2025
Excerpts
CAMPUT’s annual conference is Canada’s prestigious energy regulatory conference and was held this year in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 4 – 7. The theme, Adjusting the Sails of the Energy Sector, was carried throughout the event. Attendees had the opportunity to engage with industry experts, policymakers, and regulators as Canada charts a new course for the energy sector.
Views on State and Future of Power from Con Ed
Con Ed
“We’re already thinking a step ahead on low-carbon resources that will help us decarbonize our steam systems, such as hydrogen. We’re also looking into the methane detectors. So, we’re already building devices and technology for the future possibilities of the decarbonizing grid.”