Part two in PUF’s series, with conversations with Arizona Chair Kevin Thompson, New Mexico Chair Gabriel Aguilera, Oregon Chair Letha Tawney, and Pennsylvania Chair Steve DeFrank with PUF Senior Advisor Paul Kjellander.

In Romeo and Juliet, By Shakespeare, The playwright and poet, The question came, What’s in a name?

“A significant milestone in Powell’s journey was the development of RAMP, a tool that provides next-day intelligence on outages. By integrating AI, RAMP anticipates common queries and delivers insights that were previously labor-intensive to obtain.”

“EPRI’s Energy Wallet provides a useful framework to help understand household energy affordability in a changing landscape. By covering the full spectrum of energy costs, it enables more informed decisions about technology investments, policy design, and consumer behavior.”

For four unforgettable days, the brightest light in Las Vegas came from inside the Venetian and Caesars Forum, where nearly forty thousand leaders gathered for RE+, North America’s largest and most powerful clean energy event.

The Tulane Future of Energy Forum was held from September 10-12 at Tulane University in New Orleans. Leaders in energy innovation, policy, and technology gathered to explore this year’s theme of Powering the Future: Innovation, Competition, and Collaboration.

Leaders in the energy and utilities industry took center stage at RE+ in Las Vegas, September 9-12, 2025, the nation’s largest clean energy gathering. More than forty thousand attendees filled the Venetian Expo and Convention Center, where several panels explored the most pressing issues at the intersection of utilities, industry, and regulation.

“While the nation has been focused on an energy crisis triggered by unprecedented new additional load being added to the electrical grid from data center demand, scarcely anyone is focused on the related competition for water.”

“The new Utility Policy Fellows Program, supported by funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, provides early career scholars the opportunity to engage with regulators, consumer advocates, and industry leaders on regulated energy and water issues.”