“Utilities face mounting pressure to deliver reliable, resilient, and cost-effective service, while adapting to new technologies and customer expectations. Two EPRI initiatives – the Distribution System Operator (DSO) Certification Program and the Distribution Forum (DxF) – are helping utilities address this challenge.”

“No single institution has all the answers, and no organization operates in isolation. Progress depends on how well we coordinate analysis, share experiences, and translate insight into action.”

The United States Energy Association's forum convened CEOs from leading energy trade associations and set the energy agenda for the year ahead.

“Older communities are facing an economic and public health reckoning. We intend to address, in this first of a series, how water systems can be responsibly valued if seeking sale, merger, acquisition or consolidation.”

“Some hyperscale developers are turning to natural gas-powered on-site generation as a bridge solution, using it to secure predictable, high-capacity power while waiting for long-timeline infrastructure upgrades.”

“This article describes a path to building healthy, modernized, and intelligent grid systems that can flexibly respond to changing pressures within this dynamic environment through no-regret investments that are robust across multiple possible future scenarios.”

“A central concern for regulators is that existing cost allocation frameworks are ill-suited for such sudden spikes in capacity needs, creating a risk of unwarranted subsidies from existing customers to data centers.”

“States are making announcements of investing multiple hundreds of millions of dollars to support nuclear development. Utilities are making announcements about reactors restarting that were shut down several years ago. This is historic.”

“At a high level, SURFA aims to discuss the concepts, industry practices, and application of financial concepts within the energy industry, including rate of return and different forms of cost of capital.”

“Our objective is to ensure that when a utility invests capital in infrastructure, it captures the full value of that investment. Life extension complements other utility initiatives by maximizing the performance of existing assets.”