Picture Energy: Dentons Smart Cities & Communities Summit

July 31 & August 1

In the nation’s capital on July 31 and August 1, 2019, Dentons hosted many of the globe’s thought leaders on the subject at the Smart Cities & Communities Summit.

Every continent was covered, as were a number or countries and cities, each striving to set the pace in providing smarter services to their public. Five communities were celebrated by Public Utilities Fortnightly as the Fortnightly Smartest Communities 2019: Austin, Columbus, San Antonio, Spokane, and suburban Birmingham.

History Repeats: Retail Wholesale

Unchosen Surprises in Choice

It was increasingly recognized that rather than deregulation – which implies transformation to no or little regulation – we were implementing but a different form of regulation.

Innovation at Scale

Lessons from Europe

The approaches taken by European utilities are portable to other regions and can be instructive to North American utilities considering alternative paths for advancing their innovation models.