EEI (utility trade association) says “Vision without execution is just hallucination.” Let’s talk about their vision and execution because the execution shows that the vision seems to end at the next quarter. Over $100bb in grid investments per year and $90mm in EV fleet investments with a whopping 740 charging stations. That’s a 1000 to 1 ratio between betting against distributed generation and growing demand by competing with oil companies. So look at conglomerates like Berkshire that have fought distributed solar all over America including Washington, Utah, Iowa and Nevada. Let’s have a vision that helps consumers and doesn’t push ratebase up for the wrong reasons.
- Utility Dive: EEI – How investor-owned electric companies are delivering America’s energy future
- Renewable Energy World: US Celebrates One Million Solar Installations
- PV-Magazine: GTM Research predicts 2016 market declines in China and Japan as India and the U.S. boom
- Energy Collective: Power Sector Coal Demand Has Fallen in Nearly Every State Since 2007
- Fortune: Vivint Solar’s Chief Executive to Leave
- EDF: Texas Cities Lead on Solar, But Tapping The State’s Potential Has Just Begun
- GreenBiz: Community solar – An unlikely utility savior?
- Fast Company: New Apple campus drone fly-over video shows huge solar panels, theater
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Have a great day!
Yann