Public Utilities Fortnightly

2 months ago | fortnightly.com | Chris Rogers

Two well-respected energy companies have given their CEOs' time to look ahead in 2025 and talk about how they will be meeting surging demand and other challenges. WEC Energy Group CEO Scott Lauber and Xcel Energy CEO Bob Frenzel have much to say on the important topics of the day.

Jul 20, 2024 | fortnightly.com | Jason Huang

As our understanding of Earth's climate has dramatically evolved, the urgency to transition away from fossil fuels is undeniable. Simultaneously, the need for additional or renewable generation is skyrocketing as our fossil fuel fleet is aging, new load needs arise such as data centers and electric vehicles, and other industries transition from gas to electricity. However, a significant bottleneck on this path to a sustainable future is electric power transmission.

Jun 3, 2024 | fortnightly.com | Steve Mitnick

Two hundred and five. That’s how many Commissioner positions there are to regulate utilities in the fifty states and D.C.As of when NARUC published its 2024 Membership Directory in February, there were a hundred and ninety-seven Commissioners filling those positions. The remaining eight spots were vacancies at that point in time. Of those hundred and ninety-seven Commissioners, eight of them started their terms this year.

May 1, 2024 | fortnightly.com | Taiwan Brown

The "Equity in Energy" event adopted its keynote address' title "Beyond Ordinary" as its theme. A panel discussion among four diverse subcontractor leaders was inspiring as well. The CEO of Trice Construction, the Presidents of APC Construction and EVS, and the Business Development Director of Blaze Contracting all brought unique perspectives on how they and similar companies nationwide can take on increasing roles in the energy transformation.

Feb 19, 2024 | fortnightly.com | Ben White

With recently released guidelines on grid sharing in the NARUC Grid Data Sharing Playbook, the spotlight is once again on the national movement toward utility data democratization. Access to utility data such as meter data on customer usage patterns, billing data, grid capacity data, interconnection data, DER data, and more has been shown to accelerate clean energy development and technology innovations in the utility industry.