Utilities Getting By With Less
Electric utilities are getting by with less funding this year.
Commissioners and Cybersecurity
During our Day at the Delaware PSC, we asked Chair Dallas Winslow about the top regulatory concerns. Excerpted from October’s PUF, here’s what Chair Winslow said:
“The biggest issue is cybersecurity. Our primary role is to make sure that we have a reliable, safe supply of electricity. What’s going on around the world is very threatening and there have been continuous attacks on utilities and other organizations.
Poverty Gets Real
We asked Missouri PSC Commissioner Maida Coleman about the poverty simulation at this year’s NARUC Summer Policy Summit. Excerpted from the article “Chairing NARUC's Committee on Consumers and the Public Interest,” here’s what Commissioner Coleman said:
Picture Energy: Dentons Smart Cities & Communities Summit
July 31 & August 1
In the nation’s capital on July 31 and August 1, 2019, Dentons hosted many of the globe’s thought leaders on the subject at the Smart Cities & Communities Summit.
Every continent was covered, as were a number or countries and cities, each striving to set the pace in providing smarter services to their public. Five communities were celebrated by Public Utilities Fortnightly as the Fortnightly Smartest Communities 2019: Austin, Columbus, San Antonio, Spokane, and suburban Birmingham.
Jimmy Carter 41 Years Later
On Sept. 19, FERC adopted a NOPR to consider updating PURPA’s regulations.
San Antonio: Be There or Square
The talk in the hallways will be as hot as the Tex-Mex food in town.
Hydrogen: We're Number 1!
A whole lot of research is going into perfecting the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.
Picture Energy: Mid-America's Regulators Meet in Des Moines
August 11-14
The Mid-America Regulatory Conference was a huge success with a big turnout and lots of great panels. Iowa Board Member and NARUC President Nick Wagner was seemingly everywhere as Iowa pride was on display.
George Westinghouse, and Greats of England, Italy
Birthdays
Westinghouse became rich and famous for his invention of air brakes for railroads. Shaping the energy industries came next.
History Repeats: Retail Wholesale
Unchosen Surprises in Choice
It was increasingly recognized that rather than deregulation – which implies transformation to no or little regulation – we were implementing but a different form of regulation.