Smart Grid Innovation will be More Aggressive by Co-Ops, Public Power & Developing Countries
Not for profit electric cooperatives and public power systems, as well as developing countries have more to gain and less to lose from the revolutionary changes that Smart Grid entails. Take a look at the story of the boy who harnessed the wind to see an example.
Review Gizmodo’s report of this amazing story: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
In the USA and other developed countries, we already have and have had for many years a plentiful supply of reasonably economic and reliable electric energy. And we have huge, incumbent utilities who are intent upon: (1) protecting their market share, (2) amortizing less than optimum capital investments, and (3) trying to transfer risk and effort to their customers. This is why I think that true Smart Grid innovations will be led in the US by public power systems and electric cooperatives . . . and by folks in developing countries who have an immense amount to gain and little to lose from the revolutionary changes that the Smart Grid will bring.
Written by Steve Collier | Oct 08, 2009