Tom Content, Executive Director of the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, joins host Kristin Gilkes to recap the recent NASUCA Conference in Madison, WI, and the issues discussed at the conference, such as data centers, transmission, EV buildout, innovative rate designs, and more.
CFC's Power Breakfast on August 15 will highlight key speakers from the Electric Wire podcast as we celebrate our 50th episode. Register here: 2024 Power Breakfast: The Best of the Electric Wire Tickets, Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 8:15 AM | Eventbrite Key Moments from this Episode:
4:00 – NASUCA Conference: Discussion of Consumer Impacts from Extreme Heat + PSCW Commissioner Kristy Nieto Introductory Remarks
5:57 – Issues related to data centers
8:10 – Considerations of direct selling baseload power to data centers in other states
9:30 – Microsoft data center in WI
10:15 – cost allocation for data centers
11:06 – transmission issues discussed at conference
16:22 – EPRI Electric Vehicles Buildout Tool for Utilities
18:45 – Consumer issues on the horizon
19:50 – Increasing demand/affordability tipping point
20:50 – Bringing down costs
23:15 – Tom’s “All the Power” moment
25:12 – Appropriate levels of spending on energy efficiency
27:00 – Upcoming CFC Power Breakfast on August 15
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31:20 – Upcoming CCIF report on innovative rate designs and time of use rates