Tag Archives: Utility business model

Utility of the Future: Recent Study’s Six Key Findings

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Electric utilities across the world are working diligently to identify new business models that will provide success in such a future world. Then each must begin the arduous task of implementing the … Continue reading →

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Electrification May Be Key to Saving Utilities and the Environment

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor These are uncertain times for electric utilities. With flat load growth, increasing distributed energy, shrinking value for many large centralized power plants, and discussion around changing business models, electric utility shareholders are … Continue reading →

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Are Zero Marginal Costs Transforming the Energy Industry?

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator In his 2014 book The Zero Marginal Cost Society, futurist Jeremy Rifkin states his view that  “the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and … Continue reading →

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What Does the Future Utility Look Like?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator When I was growing up in the 1960s and 70s, phone service meant one thing – the service delivered by my local Bell company through copper lines connected to my house. Ask … Continue reading →

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New York’s REV: A New Model for the Electric Business Worldwide?

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Enerdynamics

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Facilitator and Director at EMI Consulting There’s a lot of talk — and many opinions — among electric industry insiders about New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) model. Some view it as a visionary promise, … Continue reading →

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Solar and Distributed Generation: Utility Business Model Threat or Rate Design Problem?

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Enerdynamics

By Bill Malcolm, Guest Author* During the last two years, the utility industry has awoken to the role of solar and other forms of distributed generation and their impact on the utility business model.  At an Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission forum, … 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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Can Incentive Regulation Save the Future of Utilities?

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Enerdynamics

By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Utilities in the U.S. are caught in a quandary.  The traditional model for creating earnings growth for investors is built around increasing sales and growing capital investment.  Yet as we move forward into … Continue reading →

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