Tale of Two Grids

Deck: 

What a review of PUC cases tells us about the future of consumer technology and grid modernization.

Fortnightly Magazine - May 2016
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According to figures reported by the Energy Information Agency last month, annual electricity sales fell by over one percent in 2015. For the fifth time in the last eight years, electricity sales have declined, establishing a trend that is fueled, in addition to changes in the manufacturing sector, by consumer technologies that allow increasing energy efficiency and generation. Bloomberg recently estimated that power generators in the country may face a revenue shortfall of two billion dollars due to the fact that nearly one million homes with rooftop solar are generating substantial amounts of their own power.

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