Regulation & Policy

A conversation with the FERC Commissioner about why putting state regulators front and center in transmission planning is so important.

“Regulators should expect a utility’s portfolio of research projects to have some failures.”

Canada differs from the U.S. with a colder climate and its own approach to environmental policy. A new report, “Canadian National Electrification Assessment,” by the Electric Power Research Institute unpacks what it all means. PUF sat down with EPRI's John Bistline to find out more about what decarbonization will look like in Canada.

The goal of achieving a carbon-free power sector by utility companies by varied dates is coming fast. Renewed interest in energy is resulting in new legislation at the federal and state levels. How will the industry respond and what are the implications? This panel took on that changing regulatory landscape.

“We have the opportunity to invest in our communities and transform our infrastructure and energy system to meet the demands of the twenty-first century.”

“We like to talk at NERC about the internet of threats, because it feels like every one of these devices creates an access point and a vulnerability in a world of increasing cyber warfare.”

“One of the successes of our Board is we’ve gotten to the point where government regularly consults us with respect to proposed legislative or regulatory changes because they want before they introduce it to know what we think problems might be.”

This panel examined regulatory innovation practices from several states and lessons learned.

Jurisdiction and State Clean Energy Goals: This panel explored jurisdictional issues.

“As we transition to more renewables, we have to recognize the need for dispatchable resources to maintain reliability. If those are largely gas, then we need more pipelines.”