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Biggest threat to utilities is not solar + storage, it’s their own greed
The plunging cost of solar and storage present a huge threat to the business models of incumbent utilities. But the biggest threat to their future is their own greed, and the invitation to consumers to look at alternatives.
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New analysis says if networks are to compete with new technologies and concepts such as solar, storage and micro-grids, they need to cut their inflated asset base by nearly half. It says huge increases in asset base, encouraged by regulators, is harming consumers and their own business models.
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How the networks blew Australia’s cheap energy advantage
Networks spent $75 billion in a decade on demand forecasts that were never met. Those costs have been passed on to consumers, and even retailers have been bleeding their customers dry. Little wonder a new report says energy market “is not fit for purpose.”
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PV has been increasing at a rate of 50% a year has led many US utilities to question the impact that continued expansion will have investors and ratepayers.
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