Barbra Streisand's Happy Days
Streisand sung Happy Days Are Here Again, apropos to the first quarter’s record low electric bills as a percent of consumer expenditures.
Track and Tilt
A solar panel put in the southwest will be much more cost-effective, and much more effective at slowing climate change, than if it’s put anywhere else in the continental U.S.
Nikola's Memorable May
On May 1, 1888, Nikola Tesla was issued seven patents that literally made our world.
Picture Energy: Electricity's Next Generation Debates the Future
Young experts in the Georgetown University class on the energy sector at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service debated electric vehicles, battery storage, and the move away from the traditional utility model. PUF’s Pat McMurray was one of the judges at an energy debate on March 30.
Picture Energy: Energy Bar Association's Annual Meeting
PUF attended the Energy Bar Association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on April 3 and 4, 2017.
Picture Energy: Africa Utility Exchange Kick-off
PUF attended the historic Africa Utility Power Sector Exchange kick-off conference at the Edison Electric Institute on April 6.
Zero Emissions Credits
State Priorities vs. Regional Differences
Recently adopted state programs to foster existing nuclear generation are being challenged in the courts for potentially infringing on FERC’s wholesale market jurisdiction. 2017 could prove to be the year when state policy priorities began to elbow aside voluntary regional market constructs.
Energy Infrastructure Discussions Begin on Capitol Hill
Bipartisan Possibilities
One of President Trump’s major campaign promises was to improve America’s infrastructure. There currently are plans to move forward with a proposal later this year.
Whale Tale
Transitions are Complex Affairs
It’s tempting to idealize how market forces shape the outcome of energy transitions. The truth is that many factors affect what happens and how fast. Notably, government policies play a greater role in shaping energy than most care to admit.
Innovation's Emerging Challenge
Sharpening the Focus
The utility industry’s focus on innovation is only a few years old and already its champions are finding that addressing increasing business demands is all-consuming.