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Rethinking transmission planning

Changing the way we plan major transmission expansions can save customers billions during the coming transition to new forms of electric generation, new modes of managing the grid, and new uses of ele...

ESIC Energy Storage Cost Tool

This ESIC Energy Storage Cost Tool is intended to organize and list the full set of cost line items for a distribution-connected energy storage project from initial project development through decommi...

Consumers want speed, security, satisfaction with utility billing

Consumer billing and bill payment behavior is linked to three factors: speed, security and satisfaction, according to Fiserv’s Eighth Annual Consumer Billing Household Survey. Consumers want ...

US should take a clue from Canada, Australia on free trade

The R Street Institute report says that, compared to peers like Canada and Australia, the United States is not especially hospitable to prospective foreign investors, particularly in critical sectors ...

Digital Customer Centricity – A requirement for utilities

According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, by 2020, about 95% of a utility’s bill-paying customers will have either grown up during the age of digital technology or will be “digital converts&rd...