Infrastructure & Technology

The High Stakes of Transmission Rate Regulation The financial landscape of the New England power grid is currently undergoing a seismic shift as a multi-year legal battle over a staggering $1.5 billion in potential ratepayer refunds reaches a critical turning point in federal courtrooms. This

Introduction The relentless progression of an unprecedented megadrought across the Western United States has finally pushed the Colorado River Basin to a tipping point where traditional water management no longer suffices to prevent a total energy collapse. Decades of aridification, exacerbated by

The vast, humming labyrinth of the American electrical grid serves as the fundamental circulatory system for a nation that never sleeps, yet its continued operation hinges on a volatile subculture of itinerant laborers who inhabit the fringes of the traditional labor market. This sprawling

The unprecedented leap to an eighty billion dollar market settlement for the PJM Interconnection marks a definitive end to the era of cheap energy and stable grid management across thirteen American states. This massive financial shift represents more than just a fluctuation in utility bills; it is

Introduction Power bills jumped faster than paychecks, and in New Jersey the surge felt sharper than almost anywhere else, forcing policymakers to move beyond stopgaps and to rewire the rules that shape how electricity is bought, built, and paid for. The state’s regulator, the Board of Public

Markets jolted as two marquee offshore wind leases—Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind—were unwound through federal settlements that redirect capital into LNG, oil, and midstream projects while raising legal, financial, and policy questions about how the United States intends to balance