Avoiding Institutional Inertia
Energizing Innovation
Sustaining innovation over the long-term means positioning it as a fundamental capability of the enterprise.
QF Purchase Obligation
Energy Bar Association’s Energy Law Series
Making Clear Distinctions: Part of the problem is incorrectly using “waiver” and “termination” interchangeably.
Government, Utilities, Public Interacting
An Evolving Conundrum
The key is to utilize the Internet of Things to enable real-time communication of data, ideas, policy preferences, and decision-making.
Remember to Breathe: Quick and Clean Infrastructure
Not Mission: Impossible
Every bill seems tough to move on the Hill these days. One possible exception? Infrastructure.
Did the FCC Get It Right this Time?
Ambiguity and Uncertainty
The FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom order is in many respects a vast improvement, but it has its own imperfections.
Are You Missing This Key Chief Officer?
Meeting New Challenges
The growing consensus among power and utility executives is that digital technologies and "digitization" are becoming a strategic and risk mitigation imperative. Faced with rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes, many leaders are rethinking how they can tackle new issues in new ways.
FERC Grants Edison's Wish
Opening Marketplace to Storage
Thomas Edison foreshadowed the potential for energy storage as early as 1883.
Managing Electric Grid's Cyber Security Risk
EPRI Podcast Summary
Building multiple security countermeasures can protect utility assets, but this can be a large order.
Rethinking Conventional Wisdom on Reliability and Security
Challenging the Rules
Fighting the established approach takes data. Lots of data.
Why Regulators Should Replace Electric Utility Rate Base
Challenging Choices
If rate base no longer works, consider alternatives. In competitive markets, if retailers are to stay in business, they must recover a profit margin.