“In this article we examine how improved energy storage resources modeling can help planners address load growth while making fuller use of existing storage in resource-adequacy planning.”

“For utility leaders, cyber risk is increasingly intertwined with how we operate, manage, and restore the grid. This evolution has implications for how utilities should think about preparedness, resilience, and leadership.”

“We want to make sure we’re extracting as much value out of the existing system as possible, so we expect to open a docket on time-varying rates for electric customers. We’re also looking at flexible interconnection.”

“The big concern in PJM is that Maryland is a relatively small state. We can have strict regulations that are pro-consumer. But if an adjoining state decides to negotiate badly, those embedded costs could end up in the grid, and we end up paying for it.”

“When the PSC looks at large load customers, we want to ensure they pay their fair share, existing customers are protected from subsidizing speculative demand, and system reliability and transmission readiness are maintained.”

Conversations with Florida Chair Gabriella Passidomo Smith, Maryland Chair Kumar Barve, and Massachusetts Chair Jeremy McDiarmid with PUF Senior Advisor Paul Kjellander.

“NARUC President Ann Rendahl and others have spent a lot of time trying to get Commissioners across the country to realize that wildfire isn’t just a Western issue. We focus on wildfire in the West and trying to elevate that conversation across the country has been frustrating.”

“NARUC President Ann Rendahl and others have spent a lot of time trying to get Commissioners across the country to realize that wildfire isn’t just a Western issue. We focus on wildfire in the West and trying to elevate that conversation across the country has been frustrating.”

“New England is a high-cost region with aging infrastructure. Costs are going up and demand is not growing as fast as had originally been anticipated from beneficial electrification.”

Paul Kjellander speaks with Maine Chair Phil Bartlett on the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners, Mississippi Chair Chris Brown on the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and New Mexico Commissioner Patrick O’Connell on the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners.