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Utility planning: Integrating distributed energy resources for a more robust future

Utility planning: Integrating distributed energy resources for a more robust future

June 20, 2017

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One effective way for utilities to address unprecedented market challenges is to completely transform the well-established, traditional utility function of planning. Adapting utility planning processes to more accurately and flexibly accommodate ever-growing amounts of distributed energy resources (DERs) can reveal strategic opportunities for long-term business success.

“As we start to explore how a utility will transform its business, we need to consider not only what the utility itself should do, but the role a utility might play as service provider and platform, or as an investor or partner with other companies,” said Gary Vicinus, Regional Director at Pace Global, a Siemens business.

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