Recent events highlight the need for performance-based rate making
Our blog posts tend to cover timely news items and have been cited and used as sources for others. We wanted to highlight some…
Global Electric Vehicle Penetration and Growing Oil Demand…What Gives?
Key Takeaways Most oil demand forecasts anticipate global oil demand to stubbornly grow over the next decade despite more and more government polices to…
California Can No Longer Wing It With Power Grid
August 18, 2021 Climate change upends planning for how to meet electricity demand while transitioning to renewable energy. By Liam Denning
Will the Changing Need for Pipelines Drive a New Revenue Model?
ArboIQ • August 10, 2021 What’s the issue? The market for pipeline capacity is facing a dramatic change in the coming decade as contracts expire from…
CA Grid Operator Heads to the E.R.—To Borrow the Hospital’s Generator
Key Takeaways A July 30, 2021 State of Emergency Declaration by California Governor Newsom (the “Emergency Declaration”) acknowledges a power reliability crisis which it…
Senate Agreement an Encouraging Step Toward Constructive Infrastructure Legislation
Key Takeaways A bipartisan majority of 67 Senators has agreed to support legislation providing for $550 billion of federal infrastructure spending. Once formally passed…
Deep Dive: What is Carbon Capture Use & Sequestration (CCUS)
Carbon capture, use, and storage/sequestration (CCUS) is the catch-all term for a variety of methods and technologies that remove CO2 from the flue gas…
California Scrambles to Find Electricity This Summer as Blackout Risks Grow
The state’s grid operator is seeking to secure extra megawatts as a hot summer threatens to strain regional power supplies
California Energy Policy- Evolving Towards Reality
A Shifting Narrative. As noted in our June 2, 2021 Insights post, two proposals before the California Public Utilities Commission recommended adding between 500…