From the Editor
Rachel Bryant is the Executive Editor of Public Utilities Fortnightly.
As a former engineer and government lawyer, I’ve spent plenty of time immersed in state dockets, regional market rules, and local distribution planning. In our day-to-day work, it is easy to get hyper-focused on the grid right in front of us.
But when you step back and look at the broader picture, you quickly realize that energy leaders around the globe are navigating the exact same fundamental puzzle: how to maintain reliability and affordability while managing unprecedented load growth, aging infrastructure, and rapid technological change.
Energy shouldn’t be divisive, nor should good ideas stop at state or national lines. It is a shared human endeavor. When we set aside regional silos and look across the map with genuine curiosity, we discover that grid operators, regulators, and technology partners half a world away are testing practical solutions to the very challenges sitting on our own desks.