Regulation - Scientific Age Continues
No National Consensus
The importance of the expert regulator applying scientific regulation is still paramount.
Geothermal Cooperation in Kenya
New Zealand Shares Best Practices
How could Kenya utilize resources without infringing on cultural and spiritual beliefs? Halfway around the world, New Zealand faces a similar challenge.
Reading the Tea Leaves
Clues from DOE report
The recent DOE report gives FERC leadership plenty to consider, and FERC has no shortage of tools at its disposal should it decide to act.
PUF AV: PJM Grid 20-20
Baltimore September 18-19
Short videos with six speakers at panels for Cyber & Physical Security and Operations & Markets.
PUF AV: FERC Open Meeting
Washington, September 20
Six short videos with FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee, Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, and Commissioner Rob Powelson.
PUF AV: Dentons Energy Outlook
Washington, D.C., Sept. 19
Five short videos from the Dentons Energy Outlook series, which highlights impacts to the global energy sector.
PUF Quant Services
Monthly Summary Report: Oct. 2017
We track quantitatively the monthly trends in the value of electricity, the grid's carbon footprint, and the grid's integration of distributed and intermittent generation.
Why a Generating Unit May Be Worth Less (or More) Than You Think
Dynamics of LMP Pricing
As renewables are increasingly added to the grid, market participants are finding that energy revenues from both new and existing generators may vary significantly from their expectations. As policymakers consider subsidies for other types of generation such as nuclear or other baseload units and corporations invest in grid scale renewables, understanding price formation becomes increasingly important.
Death of U.S. Coal Industry Greatly Exaggerated
Part Two
We examine alternative scenario futures for the industry, involving assumptions about economic growth, energy requirements, technologies, tax incentives, and R&D.
Surprises Within DOE Report
Facts Do Matter
The blow-up over DOE Secretary Perry's memo requesting the grid study about reliability and resilience was unsurprising, if you consider that it was the first and almost the only statement about federal electricity policy in the first six months of a new administration.1