Regulating Utility Data

West Monroe

“The reality is that how regulators rule on the accessibility and availability of utility data may determine whether a state can remotely achieve state decarbonization goals.”

Engineering Cybersecurity

Burns & McDonnell/1898 & Co.

“Nobody wants to touch a 20-year-old server, PLC, HMI or human machine interface, an engineering workstation in operational environment, and allow some computer or automated capability to block it. Putting automated detection and response capabilities in place for critical infrastructure is, for lack of a better term, critical.”

Extraordinary Careers: Branko Terzic

FERC, Wisconsin PSC

“I said, ‘Let’s put them all into one mega-notice of proposed rulemaking and do one large integrated package.’ Out of that came Order 636, which unbundled the natural gas industry, restructured it, introduced new straight variable rate design, capacity release, and packages that made our natural gas pipeline industry more efficient than ever.”

Big Breakthrough in Transmission Transfer Capacity

TS Conductor

“The average wait for renewable farms, such as solar or wind farms to connect to the grid is 3.5 years. We can instantly change that just by swapping out the old conductors one-for-one with the TS conductor, as you can easily double, triple the capacity in the grid.”