Panelists at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Winter Policy Summit discussed the benefits and challenges of net energy metering.

FERC’s directive to open wholesale markets to aggregations of DERs is forcing states to consider more holistic system planning.

Drones have the potential to revolutionize utilities’ information gathering and grid resilience, according to speakers at NARUC's Winter Policy Summit.

Large-scale replacement of computer systems “may be the only option” for some users of SolarWinds, FERC’s Joseph McClelland told NARUC attendees.

Grid resilience is an increasing concern for regulators, but their efforts have been reactive, resulting in pilot projects but no consistent policies.

Four trends have emerged from the evolution of net energy metering rate design, an industry expert told state utility commissioners and their staff.

SPP said it has hired Kara Fornstrom, chair of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, as its director of state regulatory policy.

Natural gas bans by California cities are a very inefficient way of combating climate change, a former NARUC economist said.

Present and former regulators told NARUC they are skeptical that carbon pricing and capacity markets would achieve decarbonization.

Experts said 2020’s impacts on the energy sector will be lasting, predicting a gradual economic recovery but swifter social change.