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Rebuilding in Puerto Rico

Lessons from an Isolated Grid

Whether you’re reading this from your home commission, a utility office across North America, or tuning in from overseas, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau's playbook matters to you. Isolated grids don’t have unique problems; they just face tomorrow’s problems a little earlier. Wild weather, capacity crunches, aging hardware, and regulatory balancing acts are showing up everywhere.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant is Executive Editor of Public Utilities Fortnightly.

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The Future Grid: What the World Can Teach Us

From the Editor

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.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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Leaning Into Change

From Classrooms to the Modern Energy Grid

Change is rarely comfortable at the start, whether you are an eighth grader getting ready for high school or a utility leader building the future grid. But if we stick with it and work together, the results are almost always worth it.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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Innovation for the People

Historic Challenges Viewed Through a Fresh Len

When old answers no longer match today’s challenges, we have to change how we look at the problem. Real innovation isn’t just corporate buzzwords, it’s looking at historic challenges through a fresh lens so we can build a safer, more reliable future together.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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At the Heart of Regulation

People Making Thoughtful Decisions

Energy is often measured in megawatts, miles of line, and capital investment. But at its core, it is still about people making thoughtful decisions on behalf of the communities they serve. This month’s issue is filled with examples of exactly that.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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The New State of Energy Innovation

Statehouse to Substation

Energy is about physics and policy, but it is always about people. Behind the modeling and the rate cases, there are families trying to keep life running. If we keep innovating with this much intention, we can ensure a more stable future for the communities our children will inherit.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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Points of Connection: Bill Brackmann

Burns & McDonnell

“There is now a dynamic where vastly different and sometimes competing goals are in the same room. Our role is to align those disparate objectives into an executable strategy.”
Byline: 

Bill Brackmann

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From Steady Growth to Exponential Demand

Optimism and Pragmatism

While meeting today’s load growth is an incredibly big ask, we have the right technology and talent to get it done. By working together with a proactive, unified strategy, we can build the modernized grid this country actually needs.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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How Many Households Experience Utility Bills

The Role Advocates Play

I am grateful for the advocates who work on behalf of consumers like me, often without us ever knowing their names. And I am grateful for the people across this industry who make that possible. Utilities working to deliver reliable service that is designed to be as affordable as possible. Advocates working to make sure the decisions behind those bills hold up.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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A Seat at the Table

Leadership, Legacy

When I realized this issue would land during Women’s History Month, it felt like the right moment to elevate voices that have not always been front and center in this industry.
Byline: 

Rachel Bryant

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