NRECA's PowerXchange: Jim Matheson
NRECA
“We’re different because we’re not like for-profit entities. We serve usually the hardest to the most expensive places in America based on lack of population density.”
Cooperative Power Comes Together Again in Nashville
NRECA's PowerXchange
Conversations with NRECA CEO Jim Matheson, Middle Tennessee Electric CEO Chris Jones, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas CEO Buddy Hasten, and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative CEO Suzanne Lane.
It's Conference Season, What We're Hearing
Snippets from CERAWeek by S&P Global.
Snippets from CERAWeek by S&P Global.
On the Front Line in Ukraine
Ukraine’s energy security was the topic of the first 2023 online talk by DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko, on January 25. And Public Utilities Fortnightly’s Editor-in-Chief Lori Burkhart covered it.
DTEK is the largest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector. As of this discussion, one hundred thirty-three of DTEK’s employees have died, twenty-four are missing, four are in captivity, and three hundred twenty-two have been wounded. Despite that heavy toll, Timchenko is determined to keep the lights on, and looks ahead to rebuilding Ukraine’s energy future.
Natural Gas Price Nosedive, Effects
Prices haven’t been this low since September of 2020. Indeed, except for brief periods over the last twenty years — May 2019 to September 2020, October 2015 to June 2016, February 2012 to April 2012 – natural gas has traded for more than it has been presently since the opening years of this century; usually much more.
Unlocking the Value of Electricity Diplomacy
Connecting Worlds for a Brighter Future
“To see electricity diplomacy in action, we invite you to attend EEI’s seventh annual Global Electrification Forum from April 17-21 in Washington, D.C., with the option to attend virtually.”
AI and Machine Learning Offer New Ways to Address Power System Challenges
AEIC, EPRI
“Although power industry experience with these technologies is at an early stage in its maturity level, forward-looking utilities are building an Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning knowledge and experience base through a series of use cases aimed at addressing a wide range of power system challenges.”
Heat Pump It Up
Using Incentives, Unleashing Utilities
“Most scenarios depend in some way on electric heating options to get the world to net zero emissions by 2050.”
EHS Partners on Performance Improvement Distinctively
Whole Company Engagement
“The business model for our client is to not need to rely on continued outside support. It’s for them to know the ideas, own the ideas, value the ideas and make decisions, and to be clear about the execution of them when we are finished with our engagement, which is typically around eighteen weeks.”