Innovation: The Path for Smaller Utilities
Nurturing Ideas
The regulatory model for electricity supply generally does not incent utilities to innovate.
Affordable Utility Service
Advice to Regulators
One notion of fairness is the affordability of utility services to all households, including those living in poverty.
From Meter Reader to CEO
Career Reflections
Conversation with John Hargrove, retiring CEO of the Association of Energy Service Professionals
NARUC's Gas Committee
Two Staff Subcommittees
Conversation with New York PSC commissioner and gas committee chair Diane Burman, plus comments by vice chairs, subcommittee chairs and vice chairs.
Hawaii: Chris Lee
State Representative
“Today we are already well on the way to solving our energy problems. And if it can be done here, then it can be done elsewhere.”
Hawaii: Dean Nishina
Consumer Advocate
“There’s no organized group that intervenes on behalf of large industrial customers or large commercial customers. We are supposed to represent the interests of all of those consumers.”
Hawaii's Consumer Advocate and a State Representative
Unique Renewable Goals
Conversations with the division of consumer advocacy’s executive director Dean Nishina and state representative Chris Lee.
Hawaii PUC: Jayson Kauwenaole
Head of Compliance and Consumer Affairs
“Our goal is to get them in compliance. We’re not there to shut down any business.”
Hawaii PUC: Gina Yi
Interim Chief Engineer
“I review applications from such utilities as Hawaiian Electric, reviewing its application for major projects, which includes electric diagrams.”
Hawaii PUC: Jodi Endo Chai
Executive Officer
“If it takes us months to issue them a certificate, they’re unable to legally operate and earn income all that time.”