Full Title: State and Future of the Power Industry
Author(s): Jan Vrins, Karin Corfee, Rob Wilhite, David O’Brien, Jay Paidipati, Mackinnon Lawrence, and Colette Lamontagne
Publisher(s): Navigant Consulting
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):
This joint report published in collaboration with Public Utilities Fortnightly (PUF) looks at the future of the power industry. PUF Editor-in-Chief Steve Mitnick conducts 16 interviews with industry leaders, and Navigant’s leadership discusses the industry’s longer term future.
Editor-in-Chief Steve Mitnick conducted a roundtable interview with Navigant’s leading industry experts focusing on topics such as renewables, distributed energy resources (DER) and how the energy cloud is transforming the industry and becoming a priority for C-level utility executives. Jan Vrins, Karin Corfee, Rob Wilhite, David O’Brien, Jay Paidipati, Mackinnon Lawrence, and Colette Lamontagne highlighted key changes utilities can expect in the future and how the evolving energy landscape will change business as usual for utility executives.
Topics covered include:
What is the single most disruptive distributed energy trend for traditional utility business models?
How can utilities most effectively manage the disparate impacts, opportunities, and threats caused by utility-scale and distributed renewables?
How should utilities embrace a digitalized future? How can regulation support these goals?