In This Issue
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Legal & RegulatoryClean Air Rules: Unintended Consequences Generator?
A complex tangle of Clean Air Act rules is making life difficult for folks in the power industry, often seeming to go in different directions at the same time. It could get worse and here’s an attempt to make some sense of the confusion.
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Legal & Regulatory
Whistleblower Heartaches, Headaches and Heads Ups
Whistleblowers are a growing and difficult fact of life in large and important organizations, and mishandling them can cause organizational pain and financial penalty. -
FinanceFinancing U.S. Renewable Energy Projects in a Post-Subsidy World
Subsidies for renewable energy projects, a mainstay of U.S. policy for 20 years, is coming to an end. What next?
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Legal & Regulatory
FERC Proposes Regulatory Regime for Solar Storms
With the power industry already facing a completely new, government-mandated approach to cybersecurity, CIPS 5, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has launched another regulatory venture that will result in a new set of reliability standards—this one designed to protect the bulk power system from solar storms.
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Business
Creating Customer-Friendly Utility Communications
Make messages to customers simple, direct, and concrete to hit a response sweet spot. -
Commentary
A Call to Elevate Electric Sector Cyber Security Leadership
It’s time for the leaders in the power generation business to step up and provide some leadership on cybersecurity
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Commentary
Lessons in Innovation from Sir Edmund Hillary
The first conquest of Mount Everest was not just a triumph of the human spirit but also a classic example of solid project management and good leadership. Hillary’s example offers sound lessons for today’s business leaders.
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Commentary
Workplace Drama: Leadership Is About Course Correction, Not Perfection
All leaders want to be liked, but letting that desire set your course is a path to frustration and drama. Though it sometimes seems counter-intuitive, the ability to set good boundaries is the mark of a good leader.
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Commentary
The Management Intelligence of the Octopus
Adaptive, creative, and flexible, the humble octopus has much to teach managers in the modern world.
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Supply ChainsWhy Swooning SWU Prices Will Continue
Long a tightly controlled near-monopoly, the market for enriched uranium is finally about to see some meaningful foreign competition.