How Electric and Gas Utilities Can Prepare for Three Policy Futures

May 23, 2023

Why should utilities prepare for three different policy futures? Climate policy in the United States has been volatile and unpredictable for the past decade. Nowhere is turbulent climate
policy more evident than in the utility sector. The authors will examine three distinct possible climate policy scenarios that may occur through 2030.

NPM Interconnections – Episode 68: Chris LeWand

May 22, 2023

Chris LeWand, Senior Managing Director and Global Practice Leader of FTI’s Power, Renewables & Energy Transition (PRET) Practice joins NPM Managing Editor Jon Berke to weigh in on the ramifications of President Biden’s recent veto of Congress attempts to repeal the two-year moratorium on solar tariffs, why Texas is pursuing a natural gas regime under recent legislation proposals and what needs to be done to grow transmission as an asset class in the US.

The Resilient Project Value Stack

March 24, 2023

Over the past couple of decades, electric utility investments were driven primarily in response to an aging infrastructure and increasing customer expectations for reliability. Recently, the increased frequency of storm-driven outages coupled with the need for operational uptime and work-from-home practices have only served to sharpen this focus, with regulators and utilities developing new approaches to meet this need.

NPM Interconnections – Episode 58: RJ Arsenault

February 20, 2023

RJ Arsenault recently sits down with NPM (New Project Media) to discuss new guidance released by the IRS related to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the different clean energy strategies that developers are deploying to low-income communities.

U.S. Renewable Energy M&A: Review of 2022 and Outlook for 2023

February 16, 2023

With ongoing supply chain issues, legislative challenges in Washington and a rising interest rate environment, many renewable energy investors prepared for a cooler start to 2022. As we move through 2023, we expect deal flow to remain strong as developers look to monetize opportunities and benefits driven by the IRA.

CFOs Hold the Key to Unlocking ESG Value

November 3, 2022

With new ESG (environmental, social, and governance) regulations from both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the European Union under consideration, the CFO and the finance function will play an increasingly important role in unlocking value across organizations.

NPM Interconnections – Episode 50: Justin Pugh

October 31, 2022

FTI Consulting’s Justin Pugh, Senior Managing Director, sits down with NPM Managing Editor, Jon Berke to highlight some of the major incentives introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and in particular how he envisions a domestic supply chain growing under the IRA.

Private Equity Must Make ESG Strategy a High Priority

August 1, 2022

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability has evolved from a niche “trend” into a seismic culture shift embraced by the global business community as a defining metric of success.