Two CEOs on Innovation
August’s Public Utilities Fortnightly is out today. Check out these excerpts, the CEOs of CMS Energy and CenterPoint Energy talking with us about innovation.
This Low Bills Thing
The Q2 electric bills % has been below 1.45% in just 7 of the 80 years since 1959. Four of these 7 years have been 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
Picture Energy: APPA National Conference in New Orleans
The jazz was hot in mid-June, at the American Public Power Association’s National Conference in New Orleans.
Picture Energy: SEPA's Grid Evolution Summit 2018
The Place to Be
The Summit was a goldmine of information with deep dives into smart grid interoperability, DER interconnection processes, demand-response initiatives, decoding blockchain, microgrid applications, and more.
Talking Transactive-Energy Systems at MIT
Future Filled with Questions
Demand for electricity will always fluctuate but with DERs (including responsive load) we now have the technical capability to balance supply and demand locally.
Linking Innovation with Strategy
Forging Effective Alignment
Strategy can create differentiation in the market depending on its focus and inventiveness. But it requires creative inputs to frame that uniqueness, and innovation is fundamental.
National Conference on Electricity Policy's Annual Meeting in Denver
Focus on DERs
At the National Council on Electricity Policy's annual meeting, a diverse group of more than seventy participants from around the country heard examples of planning, operations, and market developments underway and needed for integrating higher levels of distributed energy resources on the distribution grid, and their impacts and intersection points on the transmission network.
Future of Nuclear is Here
Combined modules produce up to 720 mw of power.
NuScale is the only small module reactor vendor having their design certification application reviewed by the NRC, not only in the U.S., but in the world.
Electrification 'Programs'
Time to Change the Game?
Handling electrification proposals as an extension of core utility investments and operations could eliminate hurdles and accelerate growth.
Illinois Commerce Commission Looks at Energy Storage
Policy Session on the Future
The influx of DERs, coupled with the desire for a more stable electric grid, has highlighted a need for more efficient ways to store energy.