Signed into law on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires electric utilities to develop next generation standards...

Continuing our series on climate change and the next generation electric energy system, this week we discuss the necessity of distributed...

This article continues our series on climate change and the next generation electric energy system. Throughout this series, we’ve noted...

Our last article discussed changes to the electric energy system that electric utilities would be wise to embrace in the face of climate...

Electric utilities need to prepare for the next generation (4Ge) electric energy grid in the face of climate change. Soon, major changes...

On Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to limit the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency...

Electrifying homes is a key step to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Historically, many homes have been built with a mix of...

As we’ve discussed in our recent series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system, flat rate billing practices are the way of...

In February 2021 and, more recently, in May of 2022, Texas experienced severe electric energy shortfalls. Just last week, temperatures...

This is part four of a series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system. As we’ve discussed in our previous article Updated...

This is part three of a series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system. Monthly electric bills are not much different than...

This is part two of a series on the fourth generation (4Ge) electric power system. Last week we discussed the pivot points that will lead...

This is part one of a series on the fourth generation electric power system. The electric power grid of today is in the midst of an...

This article provides solutions to issues addressed in our prior article Renewable Energy Poses Challenges to Electric Power Quality....

This article provides solutions to issues addressed in our prior article Renewable Energy Poses Challenges to Electric Power Quality....

In a recent meeting with electric utility professionals, a question arose about the advantages of electric powerways compared to...

Distributed renewable energy sources, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels or wind turbines, present an exciting opportunity for the...

As distributed renewable energy sources increase and electric vehicles (EVs) become more commonplace, electric utilities need to...

In our last post, we discussed the necessity of staged fault testing by reviewing three examples of protective relay misoperations....

After almost 10 years of study, the number of protective relay misoperations associated with high voltage facilities remains unacceptably...