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.
1792 articles by Herman K. Trabish
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Hawaii leads the way on advanced rate design with default time-of-use rates, fixed charge innovations
May 9, 2023 -
Coming EPA power plant rules will put carbon capture to the test, but better oversight is needed, critics say
May 2, 2023 -
With looming EV load spikes, PG&E, Duke, other utilities adopt new rate design and cost recovery strategies
April 18, 2023 -
Biden ‘EV revolution’ delayed as utilities, carmakers await critical IRS guidance on Inflation Reduction Act
March 17, 2023 -
Treasury Department guidance urgently needed to tap IRA’s clean energy ‘gold mine,’ analysts say
March 16, 2023 -
Duke, APS planning reforms show ways to work with stakeholders to meet emerging power system needs
Feb. 28, 2023 -
New power system cybersecurity architectures can be ‘vaults’ against insider attacks, analysts say
Feb. 17, 2023 -
‘No regrets’ approach to big batteries, green hydrogen and grid reliability urgently needed, analysts say
Jan. 31, 2023 -
3 big advances coming as distributed energy resources take newer, bigger roles in 2023
Jan. 23, 2023 -
Transmission as a reliability and affordability strategy drives CAISO and SPP regional market ambitions
Dec. 12, 2022 -
High electricity rates impede crucial but costly technology investments to manage rising DER levels: utilities
Nov. 29, 2022 -
US can reach 100% clean power by 2035, DOE finds, but tough reliability and land use questions lie ahead
Nov. 15, 2022 -
Putin-focused and other hacks of charging stations drive new cybersecurity steps for an EV boom
Nov. 8, 2022 -
As FERC’s transmission proposal sparks clashes, potential solutions emerge from MISO, elsewhere
Nov. 7, 2022 -
Bringing equity to electricity service through home, power sector and regulatory innovation
Oct. 27, 2022 -
97% of smart meters fail to provide promised customer benefits. Can $3B in new funding change that?
Oct. 5, 2022 -
Real-time pricing, new rates and enabling technologies target demand flexibility to ease California outages
Sept. 13, 2022 -
DOE to attack CO2 emissions with billions in funding from inflation reduction, infrastructure laws
Aug. 22, 2022 -
NextEra’s ‘game-changing’ Real Zero emissions goal spurs questions about hydrogen, demand-side management
Aug. 3, 2022 -
Biden executive order on power system cybersecurity leaves critical operations vulnerable, experts say
July 25, 2022 -
High energy prices, Ukraine war and rising demand response potential spur energy efficiency efforts
July 11, 2022 -
Upheaval in utility regulation emerging nationally as Hawaii validates a performance-based approach
July 5, 2022 -
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