Turning Ideas into Value
From Ideation to Commercialization
Utilities need to master becoming a more commercial enterprise without abandoning their historic service legacy.
System Replacement Needs Drive Increase for LDC
New York adopts new three-year rate plan for a natural gas local distribution company.
Mississippi Court Overturns Deposit Waiver Rule
State law does not confer authority for Mississippi PSC to regulate nonprofits.
Federal Court Rolls Back FCC’s Price Cap Protections
FCC jurisdiction does not extend to intrastate calls from prisons to locales within the same state.
Natural Gas Under Siege
Research And Development Is Key
Environmental groups have become increasingly vocal in their opposition to natural gas. They see natural gas as a barrier to achieving climate change targets. In the minds of some observers, they are emulating the Tonya Harding approach to energy.
Rethinking Customer Research
Insights from Competitive Industries
It is imperative for utilities to better understand customer needs before someone else does.
Building the Utility Platform
Designing for the Future
The utility of the future will be more renewable, distributed and democratic because it can be and it must be, given the arc of technology, economics and human preference.
Restoring the Power of Running Water
70% of Nepal’s rural population lack grid access
25,000 traditional water mills are scattered in Nepal’s hilly terrain, many abandoned for decades.
Energy People: Joe Hamrock
CEO of NiSource
Joe Hamrock has been NiSource President and CEO since July 2015 and is also a member of its Board of Directors. He also served in a variety of senior executive positions with American Electric Power, including President and CEO of AEP Ohio.
Energy People: Jim Matheson
CEO of NRECA
The National Rural Electric Coop. Assoc. represents more than 900 private, not-for-profit, consumer-owned electric cooperatives which provide service to 42 million people in 47 states.