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What If Congress Threw a Keystone XL Party and Nobody Came?
The energy gods relish ironic humor. Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an economic and national-security loser, craved by Alaskan politicians but by no major oil company. Higher oil prices and better technologies only made it relatively less attractive. Yet whenever Congress nonetheless gets close to approving this…
4 Business Model Indicators Utilities Need To Think About
Recently, there have been a lot of questions around the uncertain future of utility business models. Can we definitively state that the current business model is dying? We can look at four main indicators to help answer these questions.
Cuba Going Green: The Solarization of Granma Province
Cuban province of Granma may soon be making headlines for another reason: its embrace of renewable energy.
Pandora released music location data. Should electric utilities follow suit?
The Pandora model presents a similar opportunity for electric utilities to leverage data to understand customer usage patterns.
Collaboration is Key: How innovative solar business models can benefit all
Many of the largest opportunities to increase the value of distributed solar PV will require targeting opportunities that neither solar companies nor utilities can address alone. They will have to work together.
