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Modernizing the Electricity System in Minnesota
In April 2016, RMI hosted the third annual eLab Accelerator. (Applications are now being accepted for eLab Accelerator 2017.) Described as…
Accelerator Teams Are Defining a New Era of Utility Relationships
In April 2016, RMI hosted the third annual eLab Accelerator. (Applications are now being accepted for eLab Accelerator 2017.) Described as a boot camp for electricity innovation, the four-day intensive work session brought together 13 teams from across North America—from North Carolina to Ottawa and California to New York—working on new business models, energy innovation districts, and novel ways to value distributed energy resources.
Usage-Based Segmentation Can Create Value in Electricity Markets
Every New Year brings pronouncements about energy trends, and for the past few years, “the year of the customer” has repeatedly been declared. In 2016, that assertion came from Utility Dive, which highlighted the expansion of behavioral demand response, electric vehicles, and third-party energy services.
New York’s Next Steps in the REV-olution
It has been more than three years since Superstorm Sandy came ashore, creating massive storm flooding, gasoline shortages, and more than a week of power…
Out of the Death Spiral and Into the Black
In an era of declining sales and explosive growth of distributed energy resources (DERs), utilities should look to other industries—from transportation to hospitality to apps to music—to figure out what a platform-based future looks like.