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Building and Maintaining Trust

CAMPUT

This panel at CAMPUT 2024 on Building and Maintaining Trust: The Art and Craft of Today's Communication, examined how in today's energy sector dynamic landscape, effective communication is key to building and maintaining trust. Public trust drives participation in regulatory processes and enhances credibility. This session delved into innovative strategies and platforms.
Byline: 

Julie Fedorchak et al.

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A Paradigm Shift in Rate Design

CAMPUT

This panel, Incentivize and Optimize: A Paradigm Shift in Rate Design, discussed new approaches to rate design. How can the abundance of data now available be used to inform decision making? How can or should rate design influence customer behavior to optimize the use of energy resources and the energy transition?
Byline: 

Carolyn Calwell et al.

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Canada's Regulatory Leaders Meet in Calgary

CAMPUT

Attendees heard the perspectives of regulators, energy and utilities companies, academics, communities, Indigenous Peoples, NGOs, consumer representatives, and advisers and legal counsels on the leading issues facing the regulatory community.
Byline: 

PUF

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Utility CEO Serving Oklahoma's Prairie and Plains

OGE Energy

“Our service area is among the lowest cost of living in the country, and we play a big role with our low rates. Our rates need to stay attractive. We’re investing in opportunities to make our communities better so we can continue to widen that competitive advantage we have with our rates.”
Byline: 

Sean Trauschke

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April's Electric and Gas Rates

April’s Consumer Price Index was reported on May 15. The overall CPI, for all goods and services, was up 3.4 percent as compared with a year earlier – April 2023.

This follows the recent trend of inflation that is moderate. Though not as low as desired.

Better news about average weekly earnings. They’re now 3.9 percent greater than a year earlier.

The average price or rate per therm for utility natural gas service was down 1.9 percent as compared with a year earlier.