Power's Future: America First Energy Policy Preparations
Guidehouse
“Under an energy scarcity regime, such as the U.S. is entering due to projected load growth, energy efficiency and load shifting must be reconsidered as critical energy resources.”
Law & Lawyers
Resilience, Demand Growth, and More
Entergy and PwC
“Utilities are focused on making sure they can meet the growth, but we’re also seeing the impact of continued weather events, extreme climate events that require a resilient, reliable grid. We have not seen a stop of those investments from a grid-modernization, grid-reliability perspective.”
The Right Words Can Build a Stronger Energy System
Energy Efficiency and Electrification in Context
“By clearly distinguishing energy efficiency from electrification and adopting comprehensive strategies informed by full-fuel-cycle data, policymakers can ensure practical, realistic, and effective progress toward achieving shared climate goals.”
Power's Future: Energy Efficiency and Electrification
Guidehouse
“Utilities should develop incentive programs encouraging data centers to adopt energy-efficient cooling technologies like liquid cooling and direct-to-chip cooling.”
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.
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-.
Power's Future: Areas of Immediate Operations Impact From AI
Guidehouse
“If utilities are to become fast followers in AI adoption, they should build a robust ecosystem that strategically integrates AI and other new technologies into their operations and across their networks.”
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.”
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.”
Power's Future: Workplace Transformations
Guidehouse
“The race for skilled resources is more competitive than ever as the existing workforce ages and labor markets wane, making enterprise alignment on talent acquisition strategies, career pathways, and succession planning critical.”