Rethinking Capital Investment in Increasingly Risky World
Catastrophic Events Under Scrutiny
How risks are identified and mitigated are increasingly becoming part of the narrative to help justify investment plans going forward.
Gas Utility Regulatory Responses During Extreme Uncertainty
Second Time Around
The impact on our economic and social conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has occurred more rapidly and dramatically than during the 2008-2009 period.
How Many Coal-Dependent Jobs Are There and How Important Are They?
Undercounting Explained
We estimate 420,000 jobs, as much as eight times larger than is generally realized.
New at the Helm at AESP
Association of Energy Services Professionals
We will be expanding our scope to look at issues to achieve goals for the broader utility industry, rather than only DSM and efficiency related goals.
The Once and Future Grid
Investing in the Smart Grid
We cannot afford to let our guard down on security while most of the world is focused on the pandemic.
Landmark FCC Order Advances Utility Private LTE Broadband
Ameren
“We think that private LTE will be a game changer.”
How the Industry is Coping with Coronavirus Crisis
PwC
“If any industry is built to withstand this stress, it’s going to be the utilities. They’ve been planning for it. Their relentless focus on reliability is proving to be very valuable.”
Wisconsin PSC Chair Valcq, on the Virus Crisis
Chair Becky Cameron Valcq: Wisconsin PSC faces the coronavirus crisis proactively.
Ameren's Chief Digital Information Officer, on FCC's May 13 order
Bhavani Amirthalingham: New FCC order is an opportunity for utilities to develop private LTE networks air-gapped from the public Internet.
Demand Destruction
This May, through noon May 19, the highest hourly demand for electricity in the continental U.S. was 470.8 thousand megawatt-hours. That highest hourly demand came in hour nineteen Eastern Time on the fourth of May, the same day that the highest daily demand took place this month, at 9.6 million megawatt-hours.
Notably, this highest hourly demand was 7.6 percent less than the highest hourly demand during the same time period of last May, in 2019. And the highest daily demand was 8.3 percent less this May as compared to last May.