Financial Conference's Chair
Duke Energy CFO
“We’ve been aggressive in our clean energy plan and we’ve committed to reduce carbon output by at least 50% by 2030 and are striving for net-zero emissions by 2050.”
PUF's CFO Roundtable
Panel Discussion With Four CFOs
Roundtable discussion with the chief financial officers of Consolidated Edison (Robert Hoglund), ITC Holdings (Gretchen Holloway), PSEG (Dan Cregg) and Xcel Energy (Bob Frenzel).
Promises
Without Vertical Integration, Retailers Limited
Why should we have supposed that residential bills would be significantly lower under competition?
Sue Kelly and PUF's Owen Young Award
Sue Stood Out with Her Sharp Mind and Sharp Wit
Like David Owens, Kelly has retired from the leadership of one of our great utility associations and leaves our whole industry with precious memories and the positive changes they wrought.
$3.04 Decrease
In the two years from November 2017 to November 2019, the Consumer Price Index for electricity rose 1.08 percent. While the overall CPI for all goods and services rose nearly four times as fast, 4.27 percent.
What this means, firstly, is that if the average consumer paid an electric bill of $100 in November 2017, and used the same amount of electricity in November 2019, the electric bill would have increased ever so slightly to $101.08. It would have increased by one dollar and eight cents.
Job Opportunity at Oregon PUC
The Oregon Public Utility Commission, the PUC, headquartered in Salem, Oregon and located in the heart of the Willamette Valley, is seeking an accomplished leader with excellent people management skills and solid utility policy and regulatory experience to lead the PUC’s Utility Program. Join the Oregon PUC in this exciting opportunity as the Utility Program Director, which supports the agency’s work addressing evolving regulatory and business issues affecting utility regulation and energy in the State of Oregon.
World’s Fair for Our Future
Remember going to the World’s Fair in Queens? Oh, ok, so you weren’t born yet, in 1964 and 1965.
Well, I certainly was born before then — so long ago, practically at the dawn of civilization — and went to the World’s Fair with my parents and then my friends. There were so many exhibits and activities there it was impossible to take it all in. You needed a pre-planned strategy in order to see the best stuff for you.
April 6, 7, 8, 9
EPRI coined this progression of numbers, 6 – 5 – 4 – 1, to capture in simple terms the country’s progress on cutting emissions and the path we’re on. You’ll hear a lot more about 6 – 5 – 4 – 1 on April 6, 7, 8, 9 (four more numbers to remember). That’s when you’ll be at EPRI’s ginormous Electrification 2020 mega-event in Charlotte.
That is, if you register, which is as easy as 1 – 2 – 3. Drop in on the electrification2020.com website and you can join three thousand or so of your closest friends in utility regulation and policy.
6 to 5 to 4 to 1
It was one of Chicago’s first great hits. Released in 1970, “25 or 6 to 4” climbed to fourth on the Billboard Hot 100. To this day this rousing brass composition remains the number one marching band song of all time.
The other day, I tinkered with the lyrics a bit. To put to music the country’s progress on cutting carbon dioxide emissions and the path we’re on, 6 gigatons in 2005 to 5 gigs now to 4 gigs in 2030 to 1 gig in 2050.