Parsing Poles and Towers
Customer cost allocations using the Minimum Distribution System method.
Accounting and Rate Design: How to use the Minimum Distribution Method to allocate local grid costs to end-use customers.
Going Smart at Scale
Your smart grid rollout should go live everywhere, right from the start.
Distribution Management: Any smart grid rollout will gain the greatest benefits if applied at scale right from the start, to the maximum number of feeders, if not all of them.
Nuclear Life Extension
Deciding whether to go forward with a second license renewal.
A majority of nuclear power plant operators already have received operating license renewals – to operate their plants for 20 years beyond the 40 years outlined in their initial operating licenses. As utilities decide whether or not to invest in license renewal, they must consider three key questions.
A Holistic Cyber Strategy
Security must be organizational – simply complying will leave you vulnerable.
Workforce Management: Because standards are aimed only at critical assets, cyber security must be holistic – with all employees involved.
People (January 2016)
OGE Energy appointed Sean Trauschke as chairman of the board. CenterPoint Energy named Brad Tutunjian as v.p. of gas operations. NRG announced that Mauricio Gutierrez will become president and CEO. GridWise Alliance named Steve Hauser as CEO. And others ...
Forum for Our Industry's Civil Discourse
Fortnightly’s new chief reflects on his background and our principles.
The public interest is the coin of this realm.
The Energy Cloud
Submitted by meacott on Tue, 2015-12-15 21:49We are in the midst of a technology-driven shift in how electricity is generated and managed. Today’s one-way grid is gradually being transformed into a multi-directional network that relies far more on small-scale, distributed generation.
We are in the midst of a technology-driven shift in how electricity is generated and managed. Today's one-way grid, built around generation from large-scale power plants, is gradually being transformed into a multi-directional network that relies far more on small-scale, distributed generation. It's what a recent piece in Public Utilities Fortnightly dubbed the Energy Cloud. (See, "From Grid to Cloud," Pub. Utils. Fortnightly, Oct. 2015, p. 50.)
EEI Annual Meeting
Submitted by Joe Paparello on Tue, 2015-12-15 14:06The EEI Annual Convention is the electric utility industry's premier networking event and attracts roughly 1,000 registrants. The three-day conference features an opening and closing general session, each customarily highlighting very prominent speakers, along with a full menu of breakout sessions focusing on cutting-edge industry issues. Recent general session headliners have included former Presidents George W.