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Utility Regulation Agenda: Mike La Rosa

Energy Resources & Environment

“Affordability is a central issue for our Committee and captures a significant portion of what we’ve been asked to focus on. Our priority should be, and will continue to be, affordability.”
Byline: 

Mike La Rosa

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Washington Commission: Chair Brian Rybarik

State Commission Chairs

“While there are a lot of data centers in Washington, the investor-owned utilities that the UTC regulates have not seen a lot of hyperscale activity yet. This puts the UTC in a good spot to think holistically and learn from other places where large loads have been interconnecting.”
Byline: 

Brian Rybarik with Paul Kjellander

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Michigan Commission: Chair Dan Scripps

State Commission Chairs

“According to the most recent EIA data, we’ve reduced the outages by nearly an hour – 52.6 minutes – compared to 2019. In fact, no state has made more progress in improving outage duration and grid reliability than Michigan during that time.”
Byline: 

Dan Scripps with Paul Kjellander

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Modernizing the Grid Without Replacing it

Osmose

“Our objective is to ensure that when a utility invests capital in infrastructure, it captures the full value of that investment. Life extension complements other utility initiatives by maximizing the performance of existing assets.”
Byline: 

Mike Adams, Jose Villalba, Steve Tompkins

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The Evolving Cost of Capital

SURFA

“At a high level, SURFA aims to discuss the concepts, industry practices, and application of financial concepts within the energy industry, including rate of return and different forms of cost of capital.”
Byline: 

Geoffrey Rush et al.

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The Path Forward for Advanced Nuclear

Idaho National Laboratory

“States are making announcements of investing multiple hundreds of millions of dollars to support nuclear development. Utilities are making announcements about reactors restarting that were shut down several years ago. This is historic.”
Byline: 

John Wagner with Paul Kjellander

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Investing in an Intelligent Grid, Part One

Resilient, Timely, and Affordable

“This article describes a path to building healthy, modernized, and intelligent grid systems that can flexibly respond to changing pressures within this dynamic environment through no-regret investments that are robust across multiple possible future scenarios.”
Byline: 

Molly Podolefsky and Alexina Jackson

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Strategic Role of Gas Utilities in the AI Era

Innovation, Planning, Coordination

“Some hyperscale developers are turning to natural gas-powered on-site generation as a bridge solution, using it to secure predictable, high-capacity power while waiting for long-timeline infrastructure upgrades.”
Byline: 

Paul Glanville

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