Have you ever opened up a file that you needed read, just knowing that you were going to find it asinine, and then learn to your shock that it’s actually pretty cool? That’s what just happened to me.
Tag: utilities
Asking Our Power Utilities To Take the Plunge into Smart Grid
Here’s a follow-on to my post about rethinking our relationships with our power utilities. According to my friends at the SmartGridNews, it appears that the State of Massachusetts may be in the process of doing exactly that. It wasn’t that …
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Reframing Our Utilities’ Mission Statement
I have to admit that tension really is brewing between the power utilities and the solar industry – at least the part of it that promotes distributed (e.g., rooftop) generation (DG). Yet it’s hard for me to understand all this …
Is the Trend Toward Distributed Solar Good for the Power Utilities?
Here’s a good article that asks if the coming boom in distributed solar is good for the utilities. The way I see it, the short answer is an emphatic No. Utility bills (i.e., their revenues) fall, and the need for …
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Understanding Utilities' Incentive to Integrate Renewables
I’m happy to note that I just scheduled an interview for my next book with a gentleman I’ve been in touch with for some time: Stuart L. Smits, CEO of Citizen Green Energy. Among other things, Stuart follows utility regulation …
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IBM’s Vice President of Energy and Utilities — Making a Difference in Electric Transportation
Here’s another quick note from San Diego, where I’m spending the day at the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure USA 2012. I just had a great conversation with Allan Schurr, IBM’s Vice President of Energy and Utilities. I performed quite a …
