Distribution planning is on the docket
In 2005, Lisa Schwartz was stunned when a colleague at the Oregon Public Utility Commission told her utility distribution planning budgets never saw the light of day. She thought it was a missed oppor...
25 Apr 202320min
How can utilities harness their innovation mojo?
For Katherine Hamilton, working at Dominion Virginia Power ran in the family. Her grandfather Leon built a career there. As a young engineer, she learned the ins and outs of the electric utility busin...
13 Apr 202324min
The state of the digital transition for utilities
The smart meter unlocked a trove of data on how people use energy in their homes. And it created the opportunity for utilities to offer more services based on customers' individual needs and consumpti...
28 Mar 202320min
What cleaning the grid means for Californians
Climate change is making extreme weather events more intense and more frequent, which strains the electric grid. As an employee of Southern California Edison, Katie Sloan is familiar with these events...
14 Mar 202319min
Putting innovation into practice inside utilities
There's a saying in the business world that if you're not innovating, you're dying. For Josh Gould, that applies to utilities, too.In the risk-averse utility industry, it can be hard to push for chang...
28 Feb 202323min
Tapping the non-energy benefits of efficiency
Everything around us can be personalized. Our homes, our cars, our online shopping experience. And that’s what consumers have come to expect. As utilities work to grow their business, they're also thi...
14 Feb 202322min
How the race to electrify is impacting utilities
Buildings account for nearly 40% of America’s CO2 emissions, making the built environment critical for meeting net-zero goals. Utilities are starting to use efficiency measures and electrification to ...
31 Jan 202324min
Maximizing the value of distributed energy
Distributed energy resources, or DERs, can be a powerful tool for managing the local grid. They’re more complicated to manage than traditional electricity delivery from central power plants, but they ...
18 Jan 202322min
