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Measuring What Matters: New Manual for Benefit-Cost Analysis of DERs

NASEO & SEPA

The National Standard Practice Manual for Benefit-Cost Analysis of DERs provides a BCA framework for public utility commissions, state energy offices, consumer advocates, investor-owned utilities, and other stakeholders to assess the benefits and costs of DER investments and strategies.
Byline: 

Julie Michals, Kate Strickland, and Carina Wallack

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From Pilots to Portfolios

Load Flexibility

“By leveraging load flexibility, utilities can unlock additional capacity rapidly and at lower cost relative to generation and T&D buildout – but this resource has been underutilized to date.”
Byline: 

Molly Podolefsky

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Innovation and the Automated Grid

Gridware

“We’ve been told by customers they’re getting asked about Gridscope deployments on bond ratings and insurance calls – we’re hoping that in addition to direct reliability and risk reduction benefits we can provide, we’re also able to make a dent on affordability.”
Byline: 

Jessie Calderon

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An Evolution in WMP Best Practices

Ounce of Prevention

“The opportunity now is to make Wildfire Mitigation Plans more understandable, comparable, and evaluator-friendly, much as integrated resource and transmission plans became over time.”
Byline: 

Sam Kozel and Donald McPhail

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The AI Boom and Regulatory Compact Limits

New Tools and Techniques

“A major utility serving a mix of these customers is no longer diversified at scale even though it serves AI operators in multiple jurisdictions. It is exposed to a single wager held by a tiny club of whales.”
Byline: 

Shaun Sparks

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Do You Know Your OT from Your IT?

It’s Not Just About Water

“Root cause analysis in incident response is more complicated as industrial automation grows. New scenarios need to be blended by the planning team to incorporate thinking and questioning as to what might be possible and what an adversary would have to do to attack the water system.”
Byline: 

Mary-Anna Holden and Butch Howard

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The Utility of the Future Is Already Here

Weaving Technologies into a System that Remains Reliable, Resilient, and Affordable

“The energy industry is moving beyond innovation for innovation’s sake. We’re entering a period where success will be measured less by the technologies we deploy and more by how effectively we integrate them into the way we plan, operate, and regulate the electric system.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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