Category Archives: Electricity

SCOTUS Rules On Demand Response

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Enerdynamics

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Facilitator and Director at EMI Consulting Background: FERC Order 745, issued in 2012, required RTOs to pay the full locational marginal price (LMP) to economic demand response resources participating in real-time and day-ahead markets as long as … Continue reading →

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Will This Generation of Utility Employees See the Last Coal Unit Close?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator The City of Fort Collins Utilities, a municipal utility in northern Colorado, has a conundrum. Through its partial ownership of Platte River Power Authority (PRPA), Fort Collins Utilities gets about 75% of … Continue reading →

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The Four Key Steps to Understanding Utility Rates

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Enerdynamics

  by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Perhaps the most important factor in the gas and electric utility business is the setting of rates.  This determines what customers pay for their services and establishes the utility’s opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Key Trends in the Electric Industry in 2016, Part II

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor As we settle in to 2016, it seems the months ahead will be pivotal for the electric industry and particularly utilities. Last week we discussed two industry trends that we predict will  gain steam … Continue reading →

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Key Trends in the Electric Industry in 2016, Part I

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In future years, we likely will look back on 2016 as a transformational year in the electric industry. This week and next we will examine key trends that in the coming year may … Continue reading →

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What is a Reasonable Rate of Return on Utility Infrastructure?

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and CEO “..the process of setting an allowed ROE has consistently proven to be the most contentious and subjective part of a rate case proceeding.”[1] Much of the key natural gas and electricity infrastructure in the … Continue reading →

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Heat Rate: A Driving Force Behind Market Power Costs

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Participants in Enerdynamics’ seminars often wonder why market-based wholesale power costs fluctuate so much. Some say it is due to market control by generation owners who are manipulating prices to increase profits. In … Continue reading →

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Helping Customers Make Sense of New Choices in a Distributed Energy World

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Matthew Rose, Director EMI Consulting and Enerdynamics Instructor As the electric industry evolves to a more distributed model where end-use customers are directly involved in energy markets, new products will be required so that distribution and transmission system operators … Continue reading →

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Electric Utilities Preparing for Grid of the Future

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Distributed energy resources are among the biggest opportunities for utilities in coming years (see Utility Dive’s 2015 State of the Electric Utility survey). Delivering on the opportunity requires utilities to rethink the traditional … Continue reading →

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A Visual Look at the Electric and Natural Gas Delivery Systems

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Enerdynamics

Natural gas and electricity take long and complex journeys from their original sources to their final end-use consumers. Understanding the various stages of each journey — commonly known as the delivery system — is important for those who work in the … Continue reading →

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