Herman K. Trabish
Contributing EditorHerman 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.
1770 articles by Herman K. Trabish
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Rethinking California distribution system operations and grid services markets for a high-DER future
June 7, 2022 -
'Dramatic shift' in utility regulations, better pilot designs needed to propel energy transition, DOE report finds
May 31, 2022 -
California's 'affordability crisis' attracts innovative ratemaking and regulatory proposals
May 19, 2022 -
The fight for a national clean energy transmission system emerges on three fronts
May 3, 2022 -
Reliability concerns drive need for energy market design reforms, but regions diverge in FERC proceeding
April 11, 2022 -
Ukraine war could extend bump in US coal use, but utilities remain confident in decarbonization path
March 24, 2022 -
Texas just dodged a repeat of 2021 outages, but its power sector has a long way to go, analysts say
Feb. 25, 2022 -
Utility regulators eye new tools to ensure equity efforts don't impinge on other policy goals
Feb. 21, 2022 -
Breakthroughs in generation and system integration are driving the utility of the future, analysts say
Jan. 31, 2022 -
2022 Outlook: A new recognition is coming of rate design's critical role in the energy transition
Jan. 19, 2022 -
Duke, SCE, other grid modernization proposals faced big cost questions, more regulator scrutiny in 2021
Jan. 4, 2022 -
New York's landmark Reforming the Energy Vision framework remains both vital and unfinished, analysts say
Dec. 9, 2021 -
Pricing carbon is vital to US climate goals and politically unlikely, but there is another way, analysts say
Nov. 24, 2021 -
Changing climate and electricity mix renew region-wide power market ambitions for the 'Wild West'
Nov. 15, 2021 -
Unlocking the Transition: As Tesla, Ford and others invest billions in EVs, will the power system be ready?
Nov. 3, 2021 -
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