Infocast’s Transmission Summit West Executive Forum A partner at ScottMadden, presented “Generation Trends – What Are the Impacts on Transmission?” at the fourth annual Transmission Summit West. This presentation focused on how natural gas prices, carbon legislation,...
The ScottMadden Energy Industry Update | Neither Fish Nor Fowl In this section, we explain how new distributed energy technology, customer preferences, and new participants are impacting utilities and the traditional regulatory compact and how utilities and regulation...
Key Elements for Success Slow economic and demand growth coupled with increased penetration of distributed energy resources (including energy efficiency) has resulted in declining energy industry sales and revenues. Many companies have witnessed their non-fuel O&M...
As distributed energy resources (DERs) continue to proliferate, utilities are piloting the integration of many different resources and partnering with new entities. These activities have important implications for the manner in which the supply chain procures products...
As fines continue to pile up and FERC exercises ever increasing oversight of NERC compliance, utilities are focusing more and more on how best to organize NERC compliance efforts. The manner in which this effort is organized and managed can facilitate or hinder a...
