Michael Gehring

Michael Gehring
The Energy Authority
Director of Portfolio Management

Chris Lover

Chris Lover
PFM Financial Advisors LLC
Managing Director
Workforce
Lead the charge—build a strategic plan that powers your utility’s future. Join this course to learn about the core elements of strategic planning, why it matters, and how to develop and execute a strategic plan designed to keep your utility aligned with industry changes.
Electricity Markets
ISO New England has released the draft 2025 Regional System Plan (RSP25), a look at the 10-year horizon for New England’s power grid. The report includes forecasts of electricity demand, an overview of the transmission system, discussion of the current and future resource mix, and a summary of current public policies, economic drivers, and environmental issues affecting the power system.
Generation
A coalition of leaders from the artificial intelligence and energy sectors -- including NVIDIA, Emerald AI, EPRI, Digital Realty, and the PJM Interconnection –- recently announced the world's first power-flexible AI Factory.
Generation
Constellation and Xpansiv on Oct. 29 announced plans to launch clean energy-based annual emission-free energy certificates (EFECs) on an online trading platform.
Community Engagement
The Town of Estes Park and the cities of Fort Collins, Longmont, and Loveland in Colorado on Oct. 30 signed an extension of the organic contract that established Platte River Power Authority in 1973.
Generation
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Oct. 30 announced the fifth Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement for a 1,350 megawatt (MW) natural gas power plant in Ward County, Texas. Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) Basin Ranch will build the plant, which is expected to begin generating power for the Electric