You’re a utility going along and doing something your system is designed to do. And you’re addressing system efficiency on a 50-year old infrastructure, or else face reliability penalties. Oh, and you’re addressing demand-side efficiency too—so revenues are down. Did I mention no rate increase? Sound familiar?

If one thing is certain about the direction of carbon policy in the US, it’s that there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty about where it’s heading and when. A portfolio approach to carbon planning is providing a number of US electric utilities a solid ground for cost, investment and operations decisions to take on [...]

Duke Energy has been at the forefront of redefining utility strategy, management and operations to balance reliability, sustainability and performance objectives. The Chairman and CEO of the Fortune 500 power company will be sharing insight into innovations in utility strategy and into balancing business and technology for sustainable energy supply and delivery at the KEMA [...]

Want a view from the top on critical issues facing energy and utility industry and stakeholders? Industry leaders and CEOs are gathering at KEMA Utility of the Future 2010 forum in June to explore business and strategy implications of the rapidly evolving utility market landscape. The forum features a dynamite line-up of who’s who in [...]

An informal poll of energy and utility execs taken at the 2009 KEMA Utility of the Future conference indicates that a majority of the audience believes the US will have some kind of carbon legislation by 2010. US Administration could take three potential paths to limit carbon emissions.