The City of Georgetown, Texas, chose Elster’s EnergyAxis for its system-wide, multi-utility meter replacement project. Georgetown will deploy Elster's EnergyAxis solution throughout its service territory and install 21,000 each of Elster’s water and electricity meters.
Energy and utility leaders face dramatic changes. Global economic turmoil, regulatory uncertainty, shifting demand, and the expanding role of natural gas are at the forefront. At the same time, policy makers and the public are frequently at odds; investors and companies have vastly different time horizons; sovereign debt and partisan gridlock put business decisions at risk. How can energy leaders manage through this turbulence?
Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions – 2013 Deloitte Energy Conference
Innovation: Changing the Future of Energy
Disaster shows the need for grid modernization. Is technology up to the challenge?
With a road map for planning, utilities can realign organizations, integrate systems, and satisfy stakeholders. The destination: a more resilient grid
Why deregulation is easy and reregulation is hard.
Even with convincing evidence that deregulation has failed to deliver promised benefits, efforts to restore public oversight face tough resistance. The reasons involve policy inertia—and blind faith in free markets.
FERC Order 1000 and the case for alternative solutions.
How FERC Order 1000 gives short shrift to NTAs (non-transmission alternatives) in regional system planning—while consumers pay the price.
Engineers and constructors adapt to serve an industry in transition.
From gas pipelines to PV arrays, the nation’s contractors are seeing growth in utility infrastructure. Fortnightly talks with executives at engineering and construction firms to learn what kinds of projects are moving forward, where they’re located, and what lies over the horizon.
Lessons from New England on electric-gas market coordination.