The Electric Power Station Utility Dive

EPS Ep. 12: An on-the-ground account of coal ash pollution in Texas by Utility Dive

Utility executives consistently name cybersecurity as the most pressing issue facing their companies, which are under near constant attack from nation states and other adversaries.

How can they fend off the hacks? Former New Jersey regulator Richard Mroz and CIO Dive Senior Editor Naomi Eide break it down.

The CEO of the nation’s largest wholesale power market says a new round of reforms will better compensate power plants for reliability services they offer every day.

Assistant Secretary Dan Simmons used to work for an organization that advocated the elimination of the office he now heads. Now he says he supports DOE’s renewable energy mission.

Utility customers are subsidizing dirty coal plants at more than a billion dollars a year, the Union of Concerned Scientists analyst says, thanks to market rules that allow monopoly-owned plants to choose when they generate electricity.