Full Title: Utility Business Models in a Low Load Growth/High DG Future: Gazing into the Crystal Ball?
Author(s): Charles Goldman, Andy Satchwell, Peter Cappers, and Ian Hoffman
Publisher(s): Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Publication Date: April 1, 2013
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Description (excerpt):
Motivation and Context:
Framing question: Is there an “existential threat” to the business model of regulated utilities? Utilities are observing and publicly stating threats from declining demand and lost investment opportunity in supply and energy services.
- “Disintermediation” – Jim Rogers, President and CEO Duke Energy
Significant activity across a range of actors in identifying, understanding, and addressing questions related to utility
business models.
- Limited experience to date with fundamental changes to regulated utility business models in US; more experience with incremental changes to COS regulation