We Bought PUF!
Nineteen Hundredth Issue. And the First.
Joe Paparello and I were so impressed with the power of the PUF platform — for opinion, commentary and debate — that we bought it.
Frontlines
In Diversity There is Energy
Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion. Glorious Additions to the Strings
Diverse teams tend to be more curious, dynamic, creative. Groupthink is less likely, anticipating the unanticipated, more likely.
Charge!
The Historic Mission Renewed
It is ironic. When the power of electricity is interrupted, only then do we see electricity.
Report from NARUC Winter Quarters
Tantalus, Unicorns, Zombies
Michael Webber is the professor and poet of the water-energy nexus. Here are a few streams of his fascinating consciousness.
Imagining Electricity's Future, in Long Beach
‘Electrification is the Foundation, for the Population.’
For the consumer, electric energy is simple, small, safe, silent, clean, cool, controllable, instantaneous.
NARUC in Wintertime
Utility Regulation and Policy Wait For No Man.
See You at this Year’s Winter Meeting on Edison’s Birthday (February 11).
Grid Investing
Why We Invest
Investing is noble. Investment is a journey of patience, discipline, dogged persistence.
Ten Predictions for 2018
NOPR Over and Over. Bills Lower and Lower.
Energy storage will advance, electrification will pick up, allowed rates of return will be reconsidered.
Can of Worms
Energy Department NOPR Forcing Difficult Conversations
Parties are warring over whether preventing certain plants from retiring makes the grid resilient.
To Further Electrify
How much energy should/could be electrified?
Further electrifying wouldn’t make sense if cleanliness in its production, and efficiency in its usage, had been purchased with electricity’s essential advantages as payment.