Utilities in an age of fires and floods with Peter Tseronis, Dots and Bridges LLC and Rod Kuckro, E&E News

November 15, 2019 by

Llewellyn King and guests Peter Tseronis of Dots and Bridges LLC and Rod Kuckro of E&E News discuss utilities in an age of fires and floods.

One Man Has Reinvented Foreign Aid

Llewellyn King

He is an unlikely person to have reinvented foreign aid. But, in his way, that is what Barry Worthington has done. He is the executive director of the U.S. Energy Association, and he has brought hope to troubled energy companies around the globe, first in Eastern Europe and now in Africa, South Asia and Latin […]

Grid Cybersecurity — the Threat Grows, Defenses Evolve

Llewellyn King

When tensions got white-hot between the United States and Iran over the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, it was widely believed the U.S. electric utilities would bear the brunt of Iranian reprisals. The nation’s electric industry leaders spent anxious hours wondering where, when and how bad? It did not happen, but the alarm was […]

The 1953 Iranian Coup that Keeps on Giving

Linda Gasparello

“Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well is the wisest and best of all,” says an Iranian proverb. For decades the United States and Iran largely haven’t thought, planned or done well by each other. One deed in 1953 left a scarring legacy that has brought the two countries to the brink of […]

New York and London Mayors Choose to Posture on Climate

Llewellyn King

The mayors of the two greatest cities in the world, New York and London, combined on Jan. 6 to endorse folly. New York’s Bill de Blasio and London’s Sadiq Khan issued a combined call for all cities to follow their example and divest pension funds in fossil fuel companies. The plan is to force an […]