EEI 2023
Mary Sprayregen is Global Head Regulatory Affairs and Market Development at Oracle Energy and Water's Opower group.
The Edison Electric Institute held EEI 2023 in Austin and brought together industry stakeholders from all over the United States. The consensus is that the electric industry's transformation to low and then to zero-carbon electricity must include technological advancements to get there. That is why technology leaders also attended and brought their solutions with them. Public Utilities Fortnightly presents conversations with innovators, where high tech meets energy tech to allow resilient clean energy to be delivered to utility customers.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: What's your job at Oracle and your mission?
Mary Sprayregen: My role is leading regulatory affairs and market development work for Oracle Energy and Water's Opower group. Our mission is to change how utility customers use energy at scale.
Utilities are highly regulated and try to achieve different kinds of outcomes depending on where they're located. My job is to ensure we are meeting whatever the need is for that jurisdiction, and that could be an individual state, or it could be another country. We're doing this work all over the world.
PUF: How big an impact does Opower have on how consumers use energy? Is there headroom to have a bigger impact in the years ahead?