What Will You Do This Fall?
Season of Promise
In-person conferences vs. hybrids vs. virtual only: The pandemic has taught us that each has its pitfalls.
Fortnightly Magazine - September 2021
In-Person at NARUC Summer Policy Summit
NARUC
What the PUF team saw and heard in Denver.
EPRI and NERC Collaborate to Enhance Grid Resilience
Resiliency
A conversation with NERC’s chief engineer and EPRI’s vice president for transmission and distribution.
EPRI on Wildfire Mitigation
Ecosystem Risk and Resiliency
An Environmental Scientist Works the Problem: a conversation with one of the lead researchers at EPRI.
Utility Industry Innovates to Protect from Cyberattacks
Energy Impact Partners
In April, the Biden Administration launched a 100-day action plan to address cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure in the U.S. electric system.
Equity to Elevate Diverse Innovators
Elevate Future Initiative
“We want to make sure that under-represented founders and entrepreneurs – what I call the underestimated – have the chance to take part in this economy.”
September 4, 1882
Lewis Latimer
A short story on the birth of the electric utilities industry, from the viewpoint of Lewis Latimer, who turned 34 that day.
PUF Latimer Scholars Trevor Melton and Jordana Greaux-Gist
Scholarships
A conversation with two of the six talented high school seniors won PUF Latimer Scholarships, formed in collaboration with AABE and funded by the corporate supporters of Steve Mitnick’s book “Lewis Latimer, the First Hidden Figure,” CPS Energy, Dentons, Energy Impact Partners, FirstEnergy Corp., Guidehouse and Xcel Energy.
Banner Year for State Leadership in Energy Efficiency
Post-Pandemic Job Creation
“Energy efficiency represents the kind of infrastructure investment that will power our economy as we emerge from the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Old Insurance Policies Could Be Worth Their Weight in Gold, Part 1
Environmental Contamination
State environmental agencies continue to discover long-hidden contamination around the country. Contamination may turn up after dredging activities, ground water sampling or new building projects on redeveloped sites. When these discoveries are made, those agencies begin the process of finding the source of pollution, which may require historical research on old uses of the surrounding properties.