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SUMMARY:Audrey Zibelman\, NY PSC Chair\, Plots New York’s Utility Policy
DESCRIPTION:Audrey Zibelman\, chair of the New York State Public Service Commission since September 2013\, set her vision for state utility policy in her keynote address at the “Utility Industry of the Future” symposium. The event was sponsored by the NYU Environmental Law Journal and NYU Environmental Law Society in collaboration with the Guarini Center on Environmental and Land Use Law.  \nParaphrasing Ken Olsen\, a famous American computer engineer who said\, “Nobody’s ever going to want a personal computer\,” Zibelman made a comparison to the once-underestimated movement toward alternative energy. Zibelman has extensive experience in the public\, private and not-for-profit energy and electricity sectors\, and is a recognized expert in energy policy\, markets and Smart Grid innovation. New York\, she said\, has an opportunity to demonstrate leadership on economic\, efficiency\, and security bases\, and the technology will exceed our expectations. \nZibelman emphasized the importance of identifying the critical factors that will drive changes in energy development and transmission\, formulating a policy vision for the state of New York\, and identifying the key obstacles to overcome. Some of those obstacles include updating infrastructure\, much of which is outdated and must be replaced. Other important considerations going forward include building a resilient system that will enable us to face the challenges of climate change\, the need to take cyber and fiscal security into account\, and facilitating greater customer engagement in the electricity business by supplying customers with more information and opportunities for choice. Utility companies will need to adjust to a changing demographic that is accustomed to having information at their fingertips\, Zibelman noted. \nThe overarching theme of Zibelman’s speech was that the increasing importance of clean energy will force the industry to develop in ways that are not currently anticipated. Regulatory flexibility is key\, as is getting things right in these first few years to lay the groundwork for success in the future. Finally\, the industry should not underestimate the importance of educating customers so they understand what changes are being made and why. To that end\, Zibelman underscored the need for the government\, utilities\, NGOs\, and vendors to work together.
URL:https://guarinicenter.org/event/audrey-zibelman-ny-psc-chair-plots-new-yorks-utility-policy/
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SUMMARY:Richard Miller ’87 of ConEd Examines Path to More Competitive and Green Electric System
DESCRIPTION:How do we move toward a greener electric system while encouraging competitive markets and reliable utility access? Richard Miller ’87\, director of the Energy Markets Policy Group for Con Edison (ConEd) addressed this issue as the third speaker in the Energy Policy Discussion series hosted by the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental and Land Use Law. \nBefore entering into a complex discussion of the electric system’s future\, Miller provided a layman’s overview of how electricity moves from generation plants to customers.  \nWhen it comes to electricity\, he emphasized\, a balance needs to be maintained between supply and demand. That is\, when customers’ demand rises\, generation—the supply—needs to be increased to meet it. But there is another option: customers can decrease their demand to meet the supply. This alternative\, in which the customer reduces its demand\, is called “demand response.” \n“One of the goals of managing that electric system to generally try to make it cleaner and greener\,” Miller said\, “is to figure out ways that we can use that demand response more.” \nFrom 1998 to 2003\, Miller was senior vice president for energy at the New York City Economic Development Corporation. In 2003\, he moved to ConEd\, where he served as assistant general counsel\, stepping into his current role in 2008. \nHe discussed the restructuring that took place in the 1990s\, after which ConEd—which had been fully vertically integrated—would no longer control the electricity from the plants to the power lines to the customer. The federal government had the power plants sold off\, turning them into a separate industry; hand-in-hand with this\, power generators were given open-access to the transmission system which in turn came to be overseen by new agencies like the New York Independent Systems Operator (NYISO). The goal: increased competition. \nLegally\, this also meant a major jurisdictional change: this market\, which once fell under state jurisdiction\, was suddenly subject to federal jurisdiction. The NYISO\, for example\, answers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). \nThis change has raised a key question: How can states promote renewable power despite this jurisdictional change? Miller highlighted Maryland’s beleaguered attempt to accomplish this goal. He also discussed plans to build more transmission for public policy reasons\, and the benefits and disadvantages of relying on “demand response” to decrease customer demand. \nIn his closing\, he referred the address given by Audrey Zibelman\, chair of the New York State Public Service Commission\, during the “Utility Industry of the Future” symposium at NYU Law. She stated that the most cost-effective way to get to a better system is to use competitive markets. \n“We all want a greener and cleaner system\,” Miller concluded\, “but we all want to do it in the least expensive way possible.”
URL:https://guarinicenter.org/event/richard-miller-87-of-coned-examines-path-to-more-competitive-and-green-electric-system/
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