EPA, NERC and Reliability
Deck: Expect more analysis – more scenarios, more detail – as state compliance plans become better known.Byline: Thomas BurgessAuthor Bio: Thomas Burgess is vice president and director of reliability...
View ArticleConstitutional Controversy
Deck: Can EPA’s Clean Power Plan Pass Muster?Byline: Ken SilversteinAuthor Bio: Ken Silverstein is editor-in-chief of Public Utilities Fortnightly. Contact him at ksilverstein@fortnightly.com.Magazine...
View ArticleState Utility Commissioners at Ground Zero
State utility commissioners in all 50 states are under a lot of stress. First, they must formulate and plan for the future of their states’ electrical grids and at the same time, keep their eyes on the...
View ArticleWashington Can't Save Utilities from the Solar Onslaught
Deck: If energy storage succeeds, it’s a new battlefield.Byline: Llewellyn KingAuthor Bio: Llewellyn King is Editor-at-Large for Public Utilities Fortnightly. King is executive producer and host of...
View ArticleEPA Blesses Fracking
The Environmental Protection Agency’s recent study on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) appears really as just a careful continuation of what it has been saying all along – that the drilling techniques...
View ArticleHigh Court Takes Heat Out of Mercury Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must – first – consider the costs of compliance before fixing a specific cap on mercury emissions. What’s next?“This is a rare...
View ArticleEPA's Clean Power Plan
Deck: Charting a Path ForwardByline: Steven A. WeilerAuthor Bio: Steve Weiler, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Stinson Leonard Street, represents energy companies in regulatory proceedings,...
View ArticleIs Nuclear Energy Still Viable?
Deck: Cheap natural gas is not just hurting coal. It’s doing the same to nuclear.Byline: Ken SilversteinAuthor Bio: Ken Silverstein is editor-in-chief of Public Utilities Fortnightly. Contact him at...
View ArticleClimate, Carbon, Fuel, and the Future
Deck: The view from Oregon and Portland General Electric.Byline: Ken SilversteinAuthor Bio: Ken Silverstein is editor-in-chief of Public Utilities Fortnightly. Contact him at...
View ArticleDistributed Generation
Deck: Disruptive Technology or Regulatory Challenge?Byline: Rob Neumann and Ralph ZarumbaAuthor Bio: Rob Neumann works in the Energy Practice section at Navigant Consulting, as does Ralph Zarumba, a...
View ArticleLife Without Building Block 4
Deck: Energy Efficiency under EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan.Byline: John HargroveAuthor Bio: John Hargrove is President and CEO, Association of Energy Services Professionals.Magazine Volume: Fortnightly...
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