The pace of change towards a sustainable energy future is accelerating. Executives gathered at the KEMA Utility of the Future conference revealed communications, collaboration and innovation are key to how well utilities will fare in a fast-paced, always-on future.

Significant efforts are underway in developing and promoting electricity storage. But there are a number of broad policy issues that are barriers to adoption of storage by the electric energy industry. And these policy questions arise in various forms depending on the context of where and how storage is being used.