Tag Archives: Public utility

Utility Commissions Speak on the Future of the Utility: A New Type of Regulation for Hawaii

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In our pursuit of understanding how state utility commissions envision the future of the utility, last week we explored how the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission views the future of the Hawaiian Electric Companies … Continue reading

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Gas Utilities Caught Between Safety Upgrades and Rate Cases

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In the wake of recent tragic natural gas pipeline incidents, federal safety regulators have pushed gas distribution utilities and pipelines to thoroughly survey their systems to identify infrastructure that should be overhauled.  And given … Continue reading

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Electric Business Understanding: Your Questions Answered

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics’ CEO Electric Business Understanding is undoubtedly Enerdynamics’ most popular instructor-led course. (We also offer a similar seminar for natural gas called Gas Business Understanding and another that combines both industries called Gas and Electric Business Understanding). … Continue reading

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The Future of Electric Utilities, Part II

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instuctor As discussed in The Future of Electric Utilities, Part I, long-time electric industry expert Peter Fox-Penner describes in his recent book Smart Power two possible models for the future utility. His views are … Continue reading

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