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Tag Archives: Utility Business
What Does the Future Utility Look Like?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator When I was growing up in the 1960s and 70s, phone service meant one thing – the service delivered by my local Bell company through copper lines connected to my house. Ask … Continue reading
Economics, Not Policy Mandates, Drive the Growth of Renewables
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “For the windpower purchasing agreements we’re looking at about $2m a year [in] savings, averaged over the term of the contract.” – Rob Threkhold, Global Manager for Renewable Energy at GM[1] “When … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged Electric Capacity, Electric Output, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Utility Business
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New York’s REV: A New Model for the Electric Business Worldwide?
By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Facilitator and Director at EMI Consulting There’s a lot of talk — and many opinions — among electric industry insiders about New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) model. Some view it as a visionary promise, … Continue reading
What is a Reasonable Rate of Return on Utility Infrastructure?
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
Posted in Electricity, Natural Gas
Tagged Electric Utilities, Electricity Rates, Natural Gas Rates, Ratebase, Regulated Utilities, ROE, Utility Business
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Electric Utilities Preparing for Grid of the Future
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
Posted in Electricity
Tagged Distributed Energy, Distributed Resources, Utility Business
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Southern Company/AGL Merger Reflects Trends in the Utility Business
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor On August 24, 2015, Southern Company and AGL Resources announced a planned merger whereby AGL will become a new wholly owned subsidiary of Southern. The merger, if approved by regulators, will create … Continue reading
Why Would Consumers Want a Home Battery? Part II
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Our last post, Part I of Why Would Consumers Want a Home Battery?, we identified four “value adds” that homeowners may find compelling enough to buy and install a cool new battery system like the new Powerwall … Continue reading
Utility Investments in Emerging Technologies May Transform the Traditional Grid
As indicated in a recent survey of more than 400 utility executives, we could see a more rapid transformation of our traditional centralized electric grid than many observers have envisioned. Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged Electric Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Energy storage, Microgrids, Utility Business
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Customizing E-learning to Meet Energy Companies’ Training Goals and Budgets
By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO There is no doubt that e-learning (online training) has found a permanent home in the corporate training arena. We’ve seen a phenomenal jump in sales of our online courses in the past year. And, not surprisingly, … Continue reading
Utility Commissions Speak on the Future of the Utility: Microgrids in California, Part II
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Last week’s post on Energy Currents introduced discussion of a whitepaper written by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Policy and Planning Division titled Microgrids: A Regulatory Policy. In that post we examined … Continue reading
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