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Fortnightly Magazine - November 2024

Electric Service's Value Prop

Depends on Your Income

Is the value proposition for all utility customers the same? A high-income household may expend one percent or even less of its total expenditures on electricity, whereas a low-income household may expend three or four percent, or even more.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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From NARUC to Congress?

NARUC

“My passion for these issues has grown over the course of the year, as has my belief that my experience as a state regulator is going to be valuable in Congress and the House. I’m excited to offer the perspective of a state regulator and to elevate the need to listen to state regulators and industry experts on matters of consequential energy policy.”
Byline: 

Julie Fedorchak with Paul Kjellander

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U.S. Air Force Looking to Co-Pilot on Energy

USAF

“In terms of energy consumption, I’m one of the largest customers in the U.S. I would like utilities to think of me as a partner in business, because I have several special authorities given by Congress that allow me to utilize my resources to help deliver these results, but in a business-like way.”
Byline: 

Kirk Phillips

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Ameren: Automated Testing Mechanisms to Safeguard IT and OT

Top Innovators

“It’s emulators or simulators that enable us to deploy some tactics, techniques, and procedures that adversaries use. It emulates that in terms of how far it could have gone, where would it have been stopped, where would we have observed it, where would we have been able to stop it, even if manually, but time to detection is the primary focus.”
Byline: 

PUF

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Ontario Power: Proactive Assessment of Climate Change Challenges

Top Innovators

“We have identified which system structures and components could be impacted by climate change. We’ve gone a step further to assess them against the design margins to understand what we need to focus on and plan for in the next 30 or more years. The product is a first-of-a-kind assessment that could be used for any nuclear power plant.”
Byline: 

PUF

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PG&E: Enhanced Power Line Safety Settings

Top Innovators

“We designed, tested, and deployed new settings with greater sensitivity and faster response times to minimize the likelihood of a sustained ignition when a fault occurred. The solution was quickly deployed and operationalized across our high-fire-threat district.”
Byline: 

PUF

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