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.
1734 articles by Herman K. Trabish
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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 -
The search for the next net metering policy takes center stage in California
Dec. 23, 2020 -
APS's plan for closing coal plants could be a gamechanger, analysts say, but who will pay?
Dec. 18, 2020 -
Utility customers owe up to $40B in COVID-19 debt, but who will pay it?
Dec. 3, 2020 -
From Maryland to California and beyond, rate design innovations are boosting the energy transition
Nov. 25, 2020 -
Transmission troubles? A solution could be lying along rail lines and next generation highways
Nov. 12, 2020 -
Election 2020: Xcel Energy, municipalization advocates face off in Boulder
Oct. 30, 2020 -
As conflict rises over utility DER ownership, a Duke Florida program could offer a way forward
Oct. 23, 2020 -
Demand response failed California 20 years ago; the state's recent outages may have redeemed it
Sept. 28, 2020 -
Politics disrupts San Diego's pursuit of an energy transition partner amid dissatisfaction with SDG&E
Sept. 18, 2020 -
Duke-solar industry breakthrough settlement aims to end rooftop solar cost shift debates
Sept. 16, 2020 -
FERC summit highlights reliability concerns for renewables + storage, but has California found a solution?
Sept. 3, 2020 -
As utility collaboration with charging companies rises, emerging differences could impede EV growth
Aug. 31, 2020 -
Ensuring DER inclusion in capacity markets may require a rethink of resource adequacy
Aug. 24, 2020 -
Propelling the transition: Green hydrogen could be the final piece in a zero-emissions future
Aug. 17, 2020 -
Audit of Hawaiian Electric sends a postcard about the future of regulation
July 13, 2020 -
Momentum grows for piloting Netflix-like fixed subscription rates, but not everyone's on board
July 7, 2020 -
Battery energy storage is getting cheaper, but how much deployment is too much?
June 30, 2020 -
The 3 key challenges to expanding the West's real-time energy market to day-ahead trading
June 3, 2020 -
As utilities tackle immediate COVID-19 impacts, analysts stress need to focus beyond the pandemic
May 20, 2020 -
Colorado Tri-State ruling could provide co-op exit template amid rising tensions with G&T providers
May 13, 2020 -
As extreme weather spurs billions in utility resilience spending, regulators struggle to value investments
April 25, 2020