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Multiple Financings of New Power Supply Resources - A Complex Undertaking -

Few things touch every person and community in our country like infrastructure systems. Whether it be transportation, water, gas, or electricity infrastructure systems, they are all vitally important both commercially and personally and impact our lives on a daily basis....

Utility Communications in Regional Transmission Organizations -

As each RTO has evolved and matured its control and market models, the required quantity of data exchanged has grown and the accuracy and reliability requirements of that data have become increasingly important. Constructing a working, reliable, secure, and cost effective...

The Sun Will Come Out For Utility Scale Solar Projects

Many of us working in the electric industry can remember the days where the tinkerers would add solar to their roof tops to save on their power bills. We roll our eyes and scoff that the pay back is forever, even with tax incentives. Well, times have changed because...

Distributed Generation: Making a Deal Between Opportunities and Challenges

Distributed generation (“DG”) is going to be a major influence in the future of the electric industry in the United States. The blend of existing opportunities and challenges has created an environment for electric utilities to consider integrating DG technologies into...

Survivor: The Natural Gas Dilemma Edition

Proven shale gas reserves and fracking technology have dramatically changed the production capability for natural gas and the anticipated utilization of natural gas. Energy Tomorrow touts the U.S. as a world power in natural gas, supported by the largest energy...

OATT Ancillary Services - GDS Associates, Inc -

Transmission dependent utilities (TDUs) have to sort through a myriad of ancillary service schedules that are contained within the open access transmission tariffs (OATT) of their electric transmission service providers. What are these “ancillary” services? Which ones need...

The Next Evolution of Residential Rates

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. – Confucius Not long ago, a man with a South African accent proclaims to an excited LA auditorium that he is there to announce “a fundamental transformation in how the...

TransActions - November/December 2015 Newsletter Edition By GDS Associates

DOWNLOAD PDF The Next Evolution of Residential Rates Traditionally, residential rate design has done an imperfect job of recovering fixed costs appropriately. For decades, the standard residential rate has consisted of a customer charge and a consumption-based...

TransActions - June/July 2015 Newsletter Edition By GDS Associates

IN THIS ISSUE: Survivor: The Natural Gas Dilemma Edition Distributed Generation: Making a Deal Between Opportunities and Challenges | VIEW DOWNLOAD PDF Survivor: The Natural Gas Dilemma Edition Proven shale gas reserves and fracking technology have dramatically...

TransActions - February/March 2015 Newsletter Edition By GDS Associates

IN THIS ISSUE: The Sun Will Come Out For Utility Scale Solar Projects Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Programs | VIEW DOWNLOAD PDF The Sun Will Come Out For Utility Scale Solar Projects Many of us working in the electric...