The top five issues facing utilities this year are physical and cyber security, distributed energy policy, rate design reform, aging grid infrastructure and the reliable integration of renewables and distributed energy resources, according to the results of a survey of professionals in the utility industry.
The survey found that 72 percent of respondents see physical and cyber security as either “important” or “very important” today, making it the most pressing issue for the sector in 2017, the 2017 “State of the Electric Utility Survey” of Utility Dive readers found. The results of the survey were disclosed in late March.
