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British Energy market investigation

Competition in the electric industry has been limited for a long time, but customers are realising they have a choice of providers. But how will utilities react to the change in perception, and can te...

Could smart meters disrupt the grid?

The average economic agent is often used to model the dynamics of simple markets, based on the assumption that the dynamics of a system of many agents can be averaged over in time and space. A popular...

Improving energy efficiency and smart grid program analysis

Electric utilities and regulators face difficult challenges evaluating new energy efficiency and smart grid programs prompted, in large part, by recent state and federal mandates and financial incenti...

Taking (rural) customers ‘off grid’ could be viable

Supplying some electricity customers who are a long way from the source of electricity generation “off the grid” could lead to significant cost savings and benefits such as greater supply ...

Changing uses of the electric grid: reliability challenges and concerns

New business models and emerging energy technologies, like rooftop solar, microgrids, and distributed generation could put affordable electricity and the reliability of the electric grid at risk unles...