Parsing Poles and Towers
Customer cost allocations using the Minimum Distribution System method.
Accounting and Rate Design: How to use the Minimum Distribution Method to allocate local grid costs to end-use customers.
FERC
A Holistic Cyber Strategy
Security must be organizational – simply complying will leave you vulnerable.
Workforce Management: Because standards are aimed only at critical assets, cyber security must be holistic – with all employees involved.
Portland General Electric formalizes Agreement to Join Western EIM
Submitted by aburr on Mon, 2015-12-07 12:47Portland General Electric Company (PGE) and the California Independent System Operator (ISO) filed an implementation agreement with FERC, paving the way for the Portland, Ore.-based utility to participate in the western energy imbalance market (EIM) starting in October 2017. The western EIM is a real-time energy wholesale market that automatically dispatches the lowest-cost electricity resources available to meet utility customer needs while optimizing use of renewable energy over a large geographic area.
The Price is Right?
Demand response on appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.
It could well be that demand response results in a more stable pricing environment that seems less risky to investors.
Market Manipulation: The Business Questions
Ten points to remember for compliance and employee training.
Without a clear definition of market manipulation, or a detailed description for prohibited conduct, market participants are often left with more questions than answers.
Rhode Island: The Challenge of an Aging Infrastructure
2015 Regulators Forum
Clearly, one of the most significant issues we face today is aging infrastructure. It’s akin to a marathon – a race we absolutely have to finish. Since 1990 we’ve replaced more than 65,000 miles of cast iron and bare steel pipe, but we still have a long way to go.
Georgia: On Becoming a Social Media Junkie
2015 Regulators Forum
Being in the “energy” business as a commissioner, staff, lobbyist or industry leader is hard enough without social media, right? When you add Twitter and Facebook to the mix, it is enough to drive one crazy. Who needs it? Well, we all do, really.
South Dakota: A Unique Fuel Mix
Chris Nelson, vice-chairman, South Dakota Pub. Utils. Comm’n
Seventy-three percent of our generation is carbon-free, yet the EPA’s 111(d) rules require a 48 percent reduction in our CO2 emission rate. That steep reduction will be very difficult to achieve and will be costly for our electric customers. The commission’s chief concern is keeping a lid on consumer prices, especially given the pressure exerted by EPA.
Oregon: Situated Quite Well
2015 Regulators Forum
States that have coal-dependent economies will likely have more difficulty complying with the Clean Power Plan than states like Oregon. There will be rate impacts to be sure. The trick will be compliance at the most reasonable cost that that can be assured.
2015 Regulators Forum
State Utility Commissioners in Their Own Words
Susan Ackerman, chair, Oregon PUC; Chris Nelson, vice-chairman, South Dakota PUC; Tim G. Echols, Georgia PSC; Paul J. Roberti, Rhode Island PUC