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Resource Adequacy – Time for a New Approach

Resource Adequacy – Time for a New Approach

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Christie recently noted: “The United States is heading for a reliability crisis…. Dispatchable generating resources are retiring far too quickly and in quantities that threaten our ability to keep the lights...
Failing Below Zero: Forced Outages Threaten Grid During Extreme Cold

Failing Below Zero: Forced Outages Threaten Grid During Extreme Cold

While families gathered for a long holiday weekend in late December 2022, the bulk power system narrowly avoided cascading outages across the Eastern Interconnection. Winter Storm Elliott brought Arctic air and strong winds that resulted in unplanned outages of more...
Utility Themes: Strategies and Spending

Utility Themes: Strategies and Spending

As of this writing, we are well over three years beyond the initial shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. The utilities industry has been dealing with post-COVID whipsaw effects of higher prices, higher interest rates, and evolving objectives. Utility strategy these...
Keeping the Lights on Down Under: Energy Lessons from Australia

Keeping the Lights on Down Under: Energy Lessons from Australia

Energy is front-page news in Australia. In November 2022, ScottMadden joined the Smart Electric Power Alliance and a group of utility executives to understand the impact of the clean energy transition on Australia’s electricity markets. One morning, the headlines in...