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Energy companies are dead already, they just haven’t realised it
Electricity companies around the world will begin to go bankrupt by 2018. Sounds absurd? Just hear me out.
Leon Bateman

Aug 2, 2016

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Renewables

Watch out for virtual utilities, virtual power plants
Startups are figuring out ways to beat incumbents in their own game. Virtual power plants may be the answer.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jul 28, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

A new paradigm for utilities: the rise of the “prosumer”
With the emergence of advanced, smarter technology, consumers can now make more informed choices about energy usage and “prosumers” -resulting in a two way directional flow of power.
Simon Mouat

Jun 24, 2016

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‘Blackout Blackmail’: Utility, regulator accused of scare campaign over gas cuts
Report suggests California regulators and the gas company are purposely scaring the community and legislature into putting the leaking storage facility back online.
Samantha Page

Apr 14, 2016

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NSW utilities win major battle in Australian electricity price war
Court reverses move to curb network costs, a decision that could result in higher grid charges, and an accelerated push from consumers to seek alternatives and maybe quit the grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 26, 2016

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Telstra takes on energy utilities with home solar and storage plan
Telstra hires Powershop boss Ben Burge to lead new team focusing on solar and battery storage, and how to take on traditional energy utilities by offering home energy services as part of a data and phone bundled package.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 9, 2016

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Southern California utilities to deploy 5,000 EV chargers in first-of-their-kind pilots
The country’s biggest rate-based rollout of EV chargers targets apartments, commercial parking and grid integration.
Jeff St John

Feb 2, 2016

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Nevada shutters its residential rooftop market
Over the past month, the state of Nevada has been at the centre of a national debate about how utilities treat customers with solar PV—and for all the wrong reasons.
Chris Nelder and Mark Dyson

Jan 18, 2016

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Commentary

How to beat the Energex “solar stitch-up”: Take part of your home off grid
Major Queensland network wants solar households that install battery storage to lose their premium feed in tariffs. It’s the latest trick from utilities, but there is a way around it.
Tom Kuiper

Jan 13, 2016

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Why energy utilities are desperate to slug households with higher fixed charges
Energy utilities have admitted that they built too much infrastructure based on wrong demand forecasts. But they don’t want to pick up the bill, they want consumers to pay. And their biggest target is solar households.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

New fees seen to weaken demand for rooftop solar
Some utilities have begun charging a variety of complicated fees that are leading to a chilling effect on the home solar power markets in those regions.
Bobby Magill

Nov 12, 2015

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If you can’t beat ‘em, own ‘em: utilities muscle into rooftop solar market
Will utility-owned rooftop solar add to or replace customer ownership of solar? And secondarily, is this a good deal for utility customers?
John Farrell

Aug 18, 2015

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