Herman K. Trabish
Contributing EditorHerman K. Trabish has reported on clean energy since 2006 when, after 30 years as a doctor of chiropractic in private practice, he realized his strategy to fix the planet one person at a time was moving too slowly. Mentored by Aerovironment founder Paul MacCready, one of the fathers of the modern clean energy business, his mastery of reporting on the energy sector is ongoing at Utility Dive under the tutelage of an unusually tolerant editorial staff.
1822 articles by Herman K. Trabish
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Utilities, regulators look to accelerate pilots to achieve speed-to-innovation
Dec. 1, 2025 -
In an era of rising rates, policies to strengthen power system flexibility can lower costs
Oct. 29, 2025 -
Grid planners and experts on why markets keep choosing renewables
Oct. 9, 2025 -
Multidirectional flows of power and information are the grid’s future
Aug. 12, 2025 -
The regulator’s dilemma: balancing grid modernization with rising power bills
July 15, 2025 -
Will ERCOT’s streamlined connect-and-manage approach work for other markets?
June 16, 2025 -
EPRI’s Open Power AI Consortium plans to fuel grid modernization with data sharing
April 29, 2025 -
Trump executive order threatens transmission, interconnection initiatives: former FERC commissioners
March 26, 2025 -
Avista, PG&E, Ameren AI demonstrations show great potential – but are other utilities ready?
March 7, 2025 -
Transformer supply bottleneck threatens power system stability as load grows
Feb. 12, 2025 -
When TOU rates aren’t enough: BGE, other utilities expand active managed charging for rising EV load
Dec. 4, 2024 -
EPRI, Kraken advance DER interoperability standards to boost virtual power plant deployment
Nov. 27, 2024 -
APS, Duke, other utilities pursue new climate resilience strategies as some await upcoming tools
Oct. 28, 2024 -
California pioneers new ways to ease interconnection of large DERs
Aug. 21, 2024 -
Innovative solutions emerge to reduce 2.5-TW US clean energy interconnection backlog
July 22, 2024 -
As NVIDIA, IBM and others apply AI to boost utilities, regulatory and data privacy obstacles abound
June 11, 2024 -
Tackling 3 key issues can help scale virtual power plants and spur a wave of benefits, analysts say
April 17, 2024 -
A new era of price-based demand response emerges, but utilities and regulators need proof of its potential
March 27, 2024 -
California lawmakers backpedal on income-based utility charges as IOUs, others propose alternatives
March 19, 2024 -
Congressional action on energy permitting remains stuck, but states, developers are finding solutions
Feb. 27, 2024 -
New solutions emerge to better integrate renewables into the grid, Xcel, Eversource and others say
Jan. 25, 2024 -
As reliability concerns with renewables rise, upgrading inverters is urgent, analysts say
Jan. 2, 2024 -
Eversource wary about attracting investor capital as Connecticut moves to forefront of PBR trend
Dec. 5, 2023 -
Duke, others leverage new IRA rules to finance clean energy, but cost, complexity are hurdles
Nov. 6, 2023 -
Utilities, charging companies battle over EV fast chargers, slowing deployment amid massive needs
Oct. 18, 2023