Making the Grid Great Again (For the First Time)
New FERC's Unfinished Grid Agenda
FERC added four commissioners in '93, presaging a decade of sweeping changes in federal policy.
Innovate Thyself
PUF Transforms, Expands, Multiplies
PUF 2.0: a new digital magazine published on the 15th each month. PUF is fortnightly again.
Minnesota Opts to Deregulate Large Incumbent Wireline Carrier
Telecom competition: In arriving at its decision that CenturyLink met the criteria for more flexible regulation, the commission reviewed numerous technical issues.
Indiana Court Upholds Increase Granted IPL in 2016
Electric rate appeal: At issue was a 2016 rate order that granted Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (IPL) $29.6 million in rate relief.
New York OKs Grid Tariff
Battery storage: NY endorses ConEd’s proposed tariff that permits large commercial batteries in New York City to feed the electric grid
California Aims to Enhance Existing DER Storage Goals
Calif. Energy Storage: The commission’s decision builds on a prior order, issued in 2013, that requires the three utilities to purchase more than 1,000 MW of energy storage capacity by 2020, with connection to the grid no later than 2024.
Court: No Error by FERC in Issuing Certificate Before State Did
Pipeline Project Approval: Neither the EA nor the CPCN allowed the pipeline to proceed with actual construction activity until it had received CWA 401 authorization from Pennsylvania.
How to Impact the Debate
Four ways to impact the debate and the course of utility regulation and policy.
PUF Short Vid: We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes
Why is 1984 so special for our industry? (38 seconds)