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Adding to the Tool Belt: Augmented and Virtual Reality Headsets

Burns & McDonnell

Continuing to work on job sites now means understanding how to complete the same tasks even more safely, either with fewer people or from remote locations — or both. New technologies lend themselves to continued connectivity.

Byline:

Sarah Darmitzel

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How Will the Pandemic Likely Impact the Battery Storage Market?

Burns & McDonnell

It’s still too early to assess the full breadth of the pandemic’s impact on battery storage projects and decarbonization goals.

Byline:

Chris Ruckman

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Surviving Another Ride on the Solar Coaster

Burns & McDonnell

Navigating the waters to a successful solar project in a new normal is fast becoming more complex than ever.

Byline:

Adam Bernardi

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Managing Utility Reliability and Service Through a Public Crisis

Burns & McDonnell

Companies say their most valuable resource is their people, but the pandemic has complicated utilities’ abilities to access that resource.

Byline:

Ahsan Upal

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Pandemic Generates New Challenges, New Solutions

Burns & McDonnell

Burns & McDonnell discuss opportunities to help electric utilities provide the safe and reliable power customers expect.

Byline:

Steve Mitnick

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Global Challenges of Implementing Cybersecurity Standards

New USAID-NARUC Cyber Guide

By increasing collaboration, regulators are bolstering security and resilience of electric and gas sectors around the world.

Byline:

Regina Lavette Davis

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Addressing Solar and Wind Tax Problems

Eversheds Sutherland

How do you treat excess deferred taxes? Congress explained it, but there are disputes at the state level, and FERC has its own issue, which is related.

Byline:

Brad Seltzer

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Utility Transformation in the Age of Resiliency, Business Continuity, Gray Rhinos

Decentralization, Digitization, and Decarbonization

The future belongs to full-service providers that orchestrate an ever more complex, clean, distributed, mobile, and intelligent energy system.

Byline:

Mackinnon Lawrence, Michelle Fay, and Daniel Hahn

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Working to Secure Our Electricity Grid

Standards, Information Sharing, and Partnerships

NERC is interested in sharing how adversaries seek to do harm. At the centerpiece of this effort is NERC’s Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

Byline:

Jim Robb

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FERC Formula Rate Resurgence

Transmission Cost Recovery Revisited

Utilities relying on stated rates during a transmission buildout phase are leaving money on the table.

Byline:

John Wolfram

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