“A source of increasing tension is the difference in mindset between the traditional industry scarcity mindset versus customers and new business entities with an abundance mindset.” Scarcity thinking has permeated much of the electricity industry’s regulation and decision-making methods that are now constraining the transition […]
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The Pacific Energy Institute is pleased to announce the release of its new white paper, “A Gambit for Grid 2035”. This paper by the Institutes’ Fellows examines the evolution of the power industry and structural considerations as we accelerate towards a clean and distributed electricity
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Wonder why non-wires alternative procurements are failing to meet the frothy expectations of five years ago? One reason is that most distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators have quietly pivoted to other more profitable business models. Some firms have pivoted to become DER management “software as
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Welcome to the Pacific Energy Institute and our Blog. The Pacific Energy Institute envisions a sustainable world that is significantly dependent upon distributed energy resources linked across an enabling electricity network. We are addressing the need for independent, informed and balanced perspective on the complex
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