The article discusses the process of transforming an energy business, suggesting that energy utilities should be more closely connected to distributed energy resources and market dynamics. The author suggests that data as the key to providing customers with personalized offerings and opportunities for innovation. Data-led utilities can help stay ahead of the curve by empowering teams to make better decisions, as they are the closest to consumers. The article suggests that using smart-meter data to provide new consumer products and tariffs based on energy usage could make it easier for utilities and customers alike to create cheaper charging at off-peak hours or sell back excess solar energy at peak hours when using available data. It also suggests that utilities should democratize their data, creating a more distributed and dissolved powerbase and accelerating decision-making.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
