The Integrated Grid: How Do We Get There?
EPRI’s roadmap for distributed energy.
Rooftop solar is a bell weather technology. And now the goal is to integrate and other distributed resources into grid planning, operations and policy.
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Show Them the Money
Customer Connection: How to win over customers on energy efficiency.
New Research into energy efficiency, smart grid technologies and renewables will have utilities and regulators pleasantly surprised.
Electrifying Your Customer
Customer Connection: Five steps to better relations with your most important client.
Utility customers are hungry for more information and to interact with their providers. But, first, utilities need to know what problems their customers want to solve.
Start the Conversation
The regulator’s role in a world divided by distributed generation.
A state utility commissioner urges her colleagues to begin planning now for distributed generation – before it’s too late.
Rent the Rooftop
A new front opens in the solar wars.
Has Arizona Public Service found a way to cheat the death spiral?
Taking Digital to Scale
Eight key ‘plays’ to alter how work is managed and performed.
Adopting digital capabilities to transform operations and processes holds immense promise for utilities. Indeed, it’s the best path to growth.
Unwinding the Death Spiral
Rooftop solar, net metering, and the perils of utilityspeak.
The Sierra Club accuses utilities of trying to snuff out rooftop solar. Attorney Donald Sipe recommends RTO/ISO markets for natural gas.
DSM: Don’t Stop Maximizing
Useful analytics to improve program performance.
Turning interval meter data into analytics to improve program performance for demand-side management.
Tweet, Like, and Follow
Utilities get serious about social media.
Social networks offer substantial communications value, and utilities can no longer ignore them. A successful strategy, however, requires careful management.