Herman K. Trabish, D.C., has been a Doctor of Chiropractic in private practice for 25 years but some years ago he realized his strategy to fix the planet one person at a time was moving too slowly. An accidental encounter with Daniel Yergin's The Prize led to a protracted study of the bloody, fiery history of oil and then to Trabish's Oil In Their Blood "trilogy" (http://www.oilintheirblood.com), a pair of historical novels on oil history still waiting to find a happy ending.
Trabish was raised up from the horrific side of energy's history by mentor Paul MacCready, one of the founding fathers of the modern renewable energy business. A five-year apprenticeship as the sole force behind NewEnergyNews (http://www.newenergynews.net) followed. His best effort to achieve competence on the energy generation beat is ongoing at Utility Dive under the tutelage of an unusually tolerant editorial staff.
1755 articles by Herman K. Trabish
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As California's solar net metering battle goes to regulators, a focus on reliability may be the best answer
Oct. 1, 2021 -
State, federal actions show growing push for a nuclear role in reaching net zero emissions
Sept. 28, 2021 -
Advancing the energy transition requires an honest discussion of costs, outages and land, analysts say
Sept. 20, 2021 -
Key regulatory decision leaves California reliability issues unresolved, aggravates tensions
Sept. 8, 2021 -
The US power sector is halfway to net zero emissions, but it gets harder now, analysts say
Aug. 4, 2021 -
Gridlock in transmission queues spotlights need for FERC action on planning
July 19, 2021 -
'Doesn't make sense': Analysts pan omissions in MISO's first electrification impact analysis
July 13, 2021 -
As utilities risk missing carbon reduction targets, analysts stress need for organizational change
July 1, 2021 -
Xcel's record-low-price procurement highlights benefits of all-source competitive solicitations
June 1, 2021 -
Record wildfire threats mean California must pick when and where to fight, utilities, analysts, CalFire agree
May 27, 2021 -
'A terrible idea': Texas legislators fight over renewables' role in power crisis, aiming to avert a repeat
May 17, 2021 -
As utilities match CCAs on price, aggregators increase climate action, grow economies of scale to compete
May 4, 2021 -
Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan meets power system needs but leaves room for political dealing
April 28, 2021 -
California's dilemma: How to control skyrocketing electric rates while building the grid of the future
April 26, 2021 -
As Biden targets 100% clean electricity, strategies emerge to reliably integrate rising renewables
April 19, 2021 -
Amid rising rooftop solar battles, emerging net metering alternatives could shake up the sector
March 18, 2021 -
'A total mindshift': Utilities replace gas peakers, 'old school' demand response with flexible DERs
March 8, 2021 -
Texas must increase ties to the national grid and DER to avoid another power catastrophe, analysts say
March 2, 2021 -
Possible hundreds of billions in US power sector securitizations spur ratepayer protection debate
Feb. 22, 2021 -
Arizona showdown: Lawmakers face regulators in fight over zero-emissions mandate
Feb. 10, 2021 -
Want a more distributed and lower cost power system? Try this new planning tool
Jan. 28, 2021 -
Hawaii finalizes utility regulation considered potential template for US power system transformation
Jan. 19, 2021 -
2021 Outlook: The DER boom continues, driving a 'reimagining' of the distribution system
Jan. 12, 2021 -
Two barriers to utility and customer savings with flexible loads and how regulators can help
Jan. 6, 2021 -
Want to know how to pick an energy market? Watch the Mountain West power providers
Jan. 4, 2021