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November 26, 2024

Conference Coverage

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Overheard at MACRUC 2021: Pandemic Hardships
For the first time in more than a year, regulators from PJM and NYISO joined in person for the MACRUC annual Education Conference.
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PJM, States Discuss Challenges of Transmission Planning at MACRUC
PJM and other RTOs are seeing a “very dynamic” transmission system as older generation retires and a whole new class of generation comes online.
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Interregional Transmission on the Agenda at MACRUC
Relationships between state and federal entities on large-scale infrastructure projects featured prominently at the second day of MACRUC.
Hydrogen Council, McKinsey & Co.
Technical, Cost Challenges Noted on the Path to ‘Hydrogen Economy’
Transitioning to a "hydrogen economy" will require technical advances to overcome resource constraints and reduce costs, speakers told a SEPA/EPRI conference.
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Overheard at 170th NE Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
Last week, Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable had a panel discussion on the role of utility regulation in decarbonization.
Hydrogen Council, McKinsey & Co.
Utilities Mull Opportunities in Hydrogen
Hydrogen offers big opportunities for utilities, but it will also enable distributed micro grids, according to speakers at the SEPA/EPRI H2Power conference.
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Fixing the Texas Grid – Maybe
ERCOT insiders at ACORE's Finance Forum spoke candidly on the causes and lessons learned from Texas' February outages.
Lindsey Manufacturing
Utilities Looking to FERC for GETs Incentives
Without any financial incentives from the federal level, utilities are unlikely to make the huge investments needed to deploy grid-enhancing technologies.
EEI
February Storm Still a Hot Topic on the Conference Circuit
February’s winter storm, which threw Texas and much of the Midwest into a deep freeze, remains a hot topic as seen at recent industry conferences.
Oregon Department of Transportation
Wildfires, Extreme Weather Test Western Regulators
During a meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners, regulators shared strategies for dealing with heat waves, cold snaps and wildfires.

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