Note from Tom: Since 2013, I’ve been publishing “Tom Alrich’s blog” on Blogspot. I’m now publishing my posts in this Substack blog, named “Tom Alrich’s blog, too”. I’m posting for free on Substack now ...

In case you missed it, I recently joined Energy Central's podcast, Power Perspectives , to talk all about why traditional geospatial platforms are falling short in the DER era, what it means to truly ...

As electricity demand surges and renewable energy integration accelerates, the U.S. power grid faces mounting pressure to deliver more power, more efficiently. One promising solution lies not in ...

Southern California Edison is creating a program to compensate victims of January’s massive Eaton Fire near Los Angeles. (AP) Read the room: This Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program appears to ...

The statute of the watchman always reminded me of risk and the assessment, warnings and solutions to what may be ahead. The watchman while surveying also was readied to take action to implement a plan ...

A "green lease" is a lease agreement between a landlord and tenant or lender and borrower that incorporates clauses, measures, and practices aimed at improving the sustainability and energy efficiency ...

No, it is not technology, it is politics, and it is very much about simple regulatory sclerosis, which has produced a deadly market inflexibility. The rest is the usual political mess, and now this is ...

ATLANTA – July 24, 2025 – About two-thirds (68 percent) of homeowners would participate in a solar-plus-storage program where the technologies are installed at little to no cost, are used to help ...

As the oil market shifts towards capital discipline, free cash flow (FCF) yield is the best way to measure operator quality and value. I analyzed nine major oil & gas companies’ trailing twelve months ...

In 2003, the U.S. Department of Energy released a bold and sweeping vision: Grid 2030 – A National Vision for Electricity’s Second 100 Years. It imagined a future where electricity would be abundant, ...

The specter of a coordinated "Fire Sale" cyberattack—systematically targeting transportation, finance, and power infrastructure—has evolved from Hollywood fiction to a clear and present danger in our ...

The U.S. electric utility sector is entering a period of pronounced ideological divergence. At the federal level, new appointments suggest a pivot back toward top-down deregulation and centralized ...