Electricity
What Happens When Utilities Start to Integrate the IRA into Planning?
When utilities integrate the Inflation Reduction Act into their planning, the future looks a lot brighter.
A Utility Investment Plan Is Like a Camel
How reimagining resource planning can help regulators avoid breaking the camel’s back.
A Severe Winter Means High Energy Bills
How state utility regulators can help relieve hardship due to high energy prices.
How Utilities Can Save Customers Billions of Dollars
If utilities modernize the way they select the resources they run each day, they can save carbon and reduce energy prices.
Reality Check: The United States Has the Only Major Power Grid without a Plan
The US electric grid is fragmented into independent grids and transmission planning regions, which poses a threat to reliability, especially during increasingly frequent extreme weather events. To begin to address this issue, a recent FERC workshop laid out challenges and potential solutions for interregional transmission.