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Electric Utility, Public Utilities

10 Near-Term Global Power Sector Trends

January 3, 2023

Via: PowerMag

While 2021 provided its own share of extraordinary energy debacles, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 cascaded into full-blown energy turmoil. This year will begin with the world “in the midst of its first global energy crisis,” noted the […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Annual peak loads are shifting to winter; ACEEE report details how utilities can manage

April 23, 2021

Via: Utility Dive

Electrification is a key strategy to eliminating carbon emissions, but it also means utilities will need to add generation and address shifting load profiles. The collapse of the Texas grid, when faced with a historic cold snap, highlights the importance […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

New York approves utility revenue sharing for battery storage systems

January 29, 2021

Via: Utility Dive

The companies building batteries in New York and eventually running the day-to-day operations of the storage systems won’t necessarily be Con Edison, National Grid, or any of the other utilities in the state. Instead, other companies will carry out the […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Utilities beginning to see the load impacts of COVID-19 as economic shutdown widens

March 23, 2020

Via: Utility Dive

It has been less than a week since states and major cities began instituting quarantines along with stay-home and shelter-in-place directives to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The full impacts on electricity usage are not yet known, but grid operators […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Performance-based regulation: Seeking the new utility business model

July 23, 2019

Via: Utility Dive

There is accelerating work to transform the utility business model through performance-based regulation (PBR). Traditionally, utilities earn profits through regulator-approved rate increases that recover investment costs and add a margin of return. Many power sector stakeholders have unfulfilled ambitions to […]