As 2016 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at what we’ve accomplished alongside our partners, stakeholders, and supporters over the last year. Continue reading »
Secretary of Energy Appoints GPI’s Rolf Nordstrom to Serve on U.S. Electricity Advisory Committee
September 7, 2016 in News & Press Author: Jennifer Christensen
GPI’s President and CEO, Rolf Nordstrom, recently accepted an invitation from the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, to serve on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC). Continue reading »
2015 – 2016 Collaboratory Report: Energy Certainties & Game Changers
May 12, 2016 in Reports & Whitepapers Author: Jennifer Christensen
In September of 2015, the Great Plains Institute invited 40 energy thought leaders and innovators to participate in a novel gathering to crowdsource their collective wisdom on the arc of the energy system over the next 5 to 20 years. To describe this gathering, we borrowed the term “Collaboratory,” which means “collaborative laboratory.” Think of it as an incubator for creativity and bold ideas among smart people who don’t often get together. Continue reading »
Q&A on Performance-Based Regulation with Energy Innovation’s Sonia Aggarwal
March 30, 2016 in News & Press Author: Jennifer Christensen
In Minnesota, GPI convenes a stakeholder effort called the e21 Initiative that recommends, in part, shifting toward a more performance-based regulatory approach to determine how electric utilities in the state are compensated.
Recently, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission discussed performance-based regulation (commonly referred to as PBR) with expert Sonia Aggarwal, Director of Strategy at Energy Innovation. Ms. Aggarwal and the commissioners had an interesting discussion (see summary here) that raised key issues about how a PBR approach would work and its implications. Continue reading »
Initiative Aims to Reinvent Utility Industry the Minnesota Way
November 26, 2015 in Energy Systems Author: Jennifer Christensen
E&E Publishing’s EnergyWire featured an in-depth article, “Initiative Aims to Reinvent Utility Industry the Minnesota Way”, on the e21 Initiative which is co-convened by GPI and is working to “reinvent the utility business model and the regulations and policy that guide it.” Continue reading »
New legislation would increase oil production & reduce carbon emissions
May 5, 2014 in Carbon Management Authors: Brad Crabtree, Jennifer Christensen
New legislation introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia will benefit the environment and economy, drive innovation in critical energy technology, and increase energy security. Continue reading »
Mapping Tool Assists Long-Term Transmission Planning
June 20, 2013 in News & Press Author: Jennifer ChristensenA new mapping tool, called the EISPC EZ Mapping Tool, is assisting planners, policymakers, project developers and others in identifying clean energy resources, policies, and project screening factors that can be used for planning transmission infrastructure in the Eastern Interconnect. Continue reading »
The Pathway to Commercializing CCS
November 1, 2012 in Carbon Management Authors: Brad Crabtree, Jennifer Christensen
Coal power generation in the U.S. stands at a crossroads. Abundant low-cost natural gas, federal environmental requirements and uncertainty over future regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are driving the closure of older, less-efficient coal units and cancellation of planned investments in new coal generation capacity. Continue reading »
