Tag Archives: Microgrids

Con Edison New York – Transitioning to a Distributed Services Platform Provider

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator As low load growth, increasing renewable generation, closing of traditional baseload fossil fuel plants, growth of distributed resources, and decreasing cost of storage have all become a reality, energy utilities are forced to … Continue reading →

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Utility Investments in Emerging Technologies May Transform the Traditional Grid

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Enerdynamics

As indicated in a recent survey of more than 400 utility executives, we could see a more rapid transformation of our traditional centralized electric grid than many observers have envisioned. Continue reading →

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Utility Commissions Speak on the Future of the Utility: Microgrids in California, Part I

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In May, we began exploring what state regulators are thinking about the future of the utility. We started by discussing the vision laid out by the Public Utilities Commission of Hawaii.[1] This month … Continue reading →

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Electric Industry Seeks Balance between Distributed Generation and the Traditional Grid

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics’ Instructor The industry “topic du jour” in 2013 was that utilities are facing dramatic and potentially disastrous changes to their business. These revelations could be traced to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) assertion that various “disruptive … Continue reading →

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Will Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon Displace Your Utility?

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor One of the more outspoken and forward-thinking executives in today’s energy industry is NRG Energy’s CEO David Crane.  When recently asked who NRG’s competitors will be in the future, he responded: “If … Continue reading →

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