Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Great introduction to the problem of utilities, and the challenges for going renewable: The simple reason most power utilities suck

The simple reason most power utilities suck
David Roberts, Vox
"The take-home here is simple: Socially, we need to shift to greener, smarter grids built around aggregated, coordinated DERs, but the regulatory regime under which utilities operate puts them inherently at odds with that shift.Utilities do not have to suck. They have been designed to suck. They can be designed differently."