Questions of the Day from NARUC's Annual Meeting
NARUC
Answers to “What are the most important issues facing your State or Company?” and “What does the Federal Infrastructure Bill mean for your State or Company?”
Insuring Ensuring Cybersecurity: Bill Pfister
Edison Electric Institute
“What we expect is a lot of cyber policies will be litigated in court. It’s trying to figure out attribution, and attribution is difficult to prove.”
Insuring Ensuring Cybersecurity: David Batz
Edison Electric Institute
“Risk management in this space falls into three large buckets. First people, then process. Have we built an appropriate process that uses people and has sufficient oversight and controls? Then it’s technology.”
From CFO to Major Equity Investor
QIC
“We’re active asset managers, typically with at least majority control. We have representation on the boards and are in constant communication with our companies.”
Full Agenda at National Association of State Energy Officials NASEO
NASEO
“We expect to see an initial, about one fifth of $2.5 billion in grid resilience formula funding for states to be in the states’ hands sometime next spring to summer.”
First Year at FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
“What I’m focused on is making sure we bring everybody to the table, and we work together in a bipartisan manner. I believe that FERC is a bipartisan Commission for a reason. FERC is an independent agency for a reason. As a regulator, I guard that independence.”
IOU CEO From the Desert, on the Energy Transition
Arizona Public Service
“We typically lose 290 poles a year to monsoon. We lost more than 800 this time, plus transmission towers. This is where we focus on building a resilient electrical system. Our stopper pole program is a great example. If we have a long line of wood poles, we’ll put stopper poles as a prevention.”
In the Year 2023
It’s a Small World
At this time of global geopolitical tension, one is reminded how fortunate we are in North America and how central we are to staving off the scariest scenarios.
Stocking Stuffer
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through our places of work.
Not a creature was stirring, not even NERC.
The stockings were hung by the smokestack with care.
In hopes that St. Joe soon would be there.
Utility and regulatory leaders were nestled all snug in their beds.
While visions of federal funds danced in their heads.
When out on the beltway there arose such a clatter.
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the Energy Star window I flew like a flash.
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.