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HOPE FOR THE BEST... PREPARE FOR THE WORST - The Importance of Planning for Resiliency in Buildings

Leadership at any well-managed organization can tell you the core function of their operations and their preparations for the key threats and opportunities they are facing. They see the capabilities they are building into their organizations to manage those threats...

EAST MEETS WEST - The Energy Imbalance Market Gold Rush

One hundred seventy years after folks from the East came West to find their fortunes in the mountains and streams of California, a new migration is occurring in the electricity sector– the energy imbalance market. Right now, two groups are staking their claim to be the...

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019 TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER

Download PDF HOPE FOR THE BEST… PREPARE FOR THE WORST THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING FOR RESILIENCY IN BUILDINGS Leadership at any well-managed organization can tell you the core function of their operations and their preparations for the key threats and...

Energy Efficiency in EUI

Over the last two and a half years, the Minnesota Department of Commerce (”Department”) completed a series of projects aimed at improving energy efficiency in the state’s Electric Utility Infrastructure (EUI). EUI is defined as utility-owned assets used to deliver...

August / September 2019 TransActions Newsletter

Download PDF Part II: FERC ROE Policy In A Flux What’s Happening and Why it Matters The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or the “Commission”) policy on Return on Equity (“ROE”) is in a flux following a proposal to drastically change how it determines...

Part II: FERC ROE Policy In A Flux - What's Happening and Why It Matters

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or the “Commission”) policy on Return on Equity (“ROE”) is in a flux following a proposal to drastically change how it determines just and reasonable ROEs. Part One of this two-part series outlined the details of...

Is Your City Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

WHAT’S HAPPENING? WHAT IS A SMART CITY? Most seasoned business travelers can quickly adjust when arriving in a new city, particularly to the level of available technology commonly used to travel. Whether the convenience is a rideshare service from the airport,...

FERC ROE Policy In A Flux: What's Happening & Why It Matters

For supposedly a slow-moving industry, there is a lot going on in the electrical industry. One area that may not grab the headlines but is no less important, is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or the “Commission”) policy on Return on Equity...

TransActions May/June 2019

Download TransActions PDF FERC ROE Policy in a Flux: What’s Happening & Why it Matters For supposedly a slow-moving industry, there is a lot going on in the electrical industry. One area that may not grab the headlines but is no less important, is the Federal...

TransActions January/February 2019

Download PDF Why American Industries are Using Less Energy In the 80s and 90s, electricity usage in the United States grew at roughly 2.5% per year. As fears of a Y2K computer crash subsided, the seeds of a new concern for electric utilities were planted. From 2000...