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Tag Archives: Utility Business
ComEd Chicago – Building a Future Grid Under Performance-based Rates
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
Posted in Electricity, Energy Training
Tagged Electric Utilities, Future of Utilities, Ratemaking, Utility Business
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Environmentally Beneficial Electrification May Save Electric Utilities From the Death Spiral
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Some electric industry observers suggest that utilities will never again see steady electric load growth. Jim Rogers, the former CEO of Duke Energy has been quoted as saying: “I think the demand for … Continue reading
Con Edison New York – Transitioning to a Distributed Services Platform Provider
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
Hawaii Electric – Leading the Way to 100% Renewables
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
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged Distributed Energy Resources, Electric Grid, Renewable Energy, Utility Business
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Is the Value of Demand Response Growing or Declining? Depends on Where You Look
by Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Facilitator and Director at EMI Consulting The value and business rationale for demand response (DR) varies depending on where you look. In certain parts of the country, there seems to be a growing focus on DR; in others, … Continue reading
Utility of the Future: Recent Study’s Six Key Findings
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
Are Zero Marginal Costs Transforming the Energy Industry?
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
Posted in Electricity, Energy Training
Tagged Electric Utilities, Utility Business, Utility business model
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Are E-Bay Style Transactions and Blockchains Ready to Transform Electricity Markets?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Over the last 20 years, the electric industry has gradually transitioned how its consumers purchase electric services. Prior to the 1990s, all consumers bought bundled service from their monopoly local utility. Beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity
Tagged Distributed Energy Resources, Electric Markets, Utility Business
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Utility Business Acumen Series Helps Companies Navigate Changing Workforce
by John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO Earlier this month Enerdynamics President Bob Shively wrote about the changing workforce that will drive the energy industry’s future. Perhaps the most notable statistic: As much as 50% of utility employees will reach retirement age … Continue reading
A New Workforce Will Drive Energy’s Future
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Not too long ago, utility workers were overwhelmingly male and white, and they tended to stay at the same utility for decades of employment. Now studies show that in most utilities, as much … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Training
Tagged Electric industry, Natural gas industry, Utility Business, Utility employees
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