Smart Grid technology has the potential to be the single-most disruptive innovation within the utility industry. The benefits of smart grid will not be fully achieved unless organizations look beyond just the technology changes and harness the potential value of Smart Grid within the utility business processes, organizational structure and market-serving approach.

Balancing customer and environmental demands and existing and emerging technologies to create a sustainable energy future requires bold, confident leadership to navigate the challenges of change. Here’s a look at the perspectives on the future of leadership and strategy from some of the C-level energy and utility industry leaders gathering at the 2010 KEMA Utility [...]

The FutureGen Alliance is a non-profit consortium of some of the largest coal producers and users in the world and was formed to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy on the FutureGen project. FutureGen Alliance CEO Michael Mudd offers insight on achieving a balance across prime fuels, conversion technologies and environmental pressures at the [...]

NextEra Energy, Inc. has nearly 43,000 megawatts of generating capacity – one of its subsidiaries is among the largest rate-regulated electric utilities in the US. NextEra Energy EVP of Federal Regulatory Affairs and former FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher will be moderating a panel of federal and state utility commissioners discussing the delicate balance between [...]

The Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga – one of the largest municipal power distributors in the country – is currently building a 100% fiber optic communication system that will be the backbone for their Smart Grid. EPB executive VP and COO David Wade will be examining what’s next in the utility-customer relationship and balancing [...]