Fortnightly Magazine - December 2025

The Speed-to-Power Potential of GETs

Faster, Less Expensive Options to Strengthen the Grid

“Grid enhancing technologies (GETs) – also known as advanced transmission technologies (ATTs) – are hardware and software that can be deployed relatively quickly and cheaply to increase the efficiency of and space on the existing electricity grid.”

A Tale of Two Baselines: CIP-015-1 vs. CIP-010-4

Cybersecurity

“For many in the electric sector, the term baseline immediately evokes CIP-010-4 Requirement R1, a well-established standard for configuration management. But CIP-015-1 introduces a fundamentally different concept: behavioral baselining. Understanding this distinction is critical for compliance and cybersecurity effectiveness.”

State Strategies for Interconnecting Local Resources

Meeting Load Growth

“In January 2025, the U.S. DOE’s Interconnection Innovation Exchange (i2X) released a Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Roadmap. The Roadmap sets near-term targets for DER projects interconnecting to distribution systems and offers strategies for achieving these goals.”

A National Energy Education Initiative

How to Empower the Energy Transition

“Without clear guidance, the very consumers who stand to benefit most from an energy transition risk being left behind. A national energy education initiative can bridge this gap, providing the trusted knowledge households and businesses need to make informed energy decisions.”

AEIC 2025 Achievement Award Winners

Advancing Operational Excellence

“These award winners earned recognition for developing innovative and transformational solutions to some of today’s most challenging operational issues that have achieved success by demonstrating measurable results.”

Microplastic Remediation in Water

Nanoplastic Removal Spawns New Industries

“Since nanoplastics are so small, they are able to latch onto nutrients and slip past cells, known as pericytes, that primarily form a barrier that clears toxins from the brain. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases are associated with dysfunctional pericyte cells. Scientists are investigating connections.”

Energy Scenes: NASUCA 2025 Annual Meeting

Consumer Voices in Seattle

The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates held its 2025 Annual Meeting in Seattle during the NARUC Annual Meeting and Education Conference, which allowed for ease of sharing the important voices in utility regulation.
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