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- 1. THE PITCHFORKS ARE COMING We want a NEW ENERGY ERA
- 2. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS utilities say they’re game but it feels like they say one thing and do another
- 3. LOBBING TAR BOMBS -they say they love renewable energy…. -they say that we should have choice…
- 4. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PLAY MONOPOLY why is it that every time we want to do something positive with our energy portfolio, we have to play Monopoly?
- 5. AN AMERICAN STORY but credit where credit’s due right: -RES exists in all but 10 or 12 States -EEPS exists in half the states
- 6. THE PEOPLES WILL how does a RE Std come about? either by Legislation or Citizen Petition …or federal regulation! like we’re seeing with EPA’s 111d
- 7. CASTLE WALLS a good model ..but implementation requires approval of THE GREAT COMMISSION, so painful we see the utility as the enemy
- 8. UTILITY DEATH SPIRAL? wanting to tear down the caste walls … and scream Death Spiral to Utilities
- 9. REVOLUTION REMINDERS deregulation past: Time magazine depicted it well - $3 to see your bill, $25 service call, and $250 change service fee
- 10. BUT EVOLUTION OFFERS every monarchy knows: evolution offers happiness and zen for everyone -DERs!! -solar and storage -no coal / less methane
- 11. WE’RE AT A PITCHFORK IN THE ROAD we’re at a fork in the road for the utility business model
- 12. UTILITY INCENTIVES look at incentives: utilities are motivated to sell more electricity and big cap x projects
- 13. ENERGY INDUSTRY INCENTIVES economically viable projects!, velocity to scale, lower costs, and survive as a company
- 14. CONFLICTING INCENTIVES case in point: net metering
- 15. RETAIL PRICE ≠ GENERATION COST yet isn’t it true that paying flat retail price for energy the utility does not need is obscene?
- 16. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.. THRU CHANGED RATE STRUCTURE What happens if we match cost of generation with the price paid?, allow the market to determine viable economic solutions?
- 17. UNLEASH DERS !!! in so doing unleash the future of distributed energy resources – PV/DG, storage, and multi nodal demand response
- 18. UTILITIES ARE THE ENABLING ENGINEERS let the utilities do what they do so amazingly well - engineer and operate an intelligent grid, with rapid response capability
- 19. COMMONERS ARE THE INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS allow entrepreneurs to do what they’re wired for -chasing opportunity
- 20. WE HAVE AN IMPATIENT MOVEMENT A FOOT let’s not suffer a revolution with heads on spikes. give the Commoners what they want -market price incentives- let them go to work plowing the fields and reaping harvest
Editor's Notes
- We want a NEW ENERGY ERA You can see it now right, what the Peoples Climate March wishes they could do. …credit to Nick Nahauer the one man revolution against plutocracy
- The Commoners want a new energy era and utilities say they’re game but it feels like they say one thing and do another: Just look at the evidence: -they charge us for smart meters… but we can’t get the data -they say they love solar… but then move to shut it down -they don’t even appear to be behind EVs
- -they say they love renewable energy…. but only if it’s cheaper than coal or natural gas -they say that we should have choice… but with Community Choice Aggregation … or when a city wants to rid all coal from their generation mix [municipalization] it’s a fight to the death
- So why is it that every time we want to do something positive with our energy portfolio, we have to play Monopoly? Rolling the dice repeatedly only to find put you can’t pass Go.
- But credit where credit’s due right: -RES exists in all but 10 or 12 States -RE makes up 100% of all new generation (according to EIA) -EEPS exists in half the states -CO2 emissions in the US are below 1990 levels (NG and exporting CO2 aside)
- But how does a RE Std come about? Either by Legislation or Citizen Petition …or federal regulation! like we’re seeing with EPA’s 111d We chose / the utilities comply, not the other way around.
- Sounds like a good model ..but the implementation plan requires approval THE GREAT COMMISSION Which is so painful -- we find ourselves considering that the utility is the enemy…
- Which leads to want to tear down the caste walls … and scream Death Spiral to Utilities But let’s take a look at the last surviving members of monopoly capitalism, and what’s happened with deregulation past.
- Telecom, Banking, Airlines Airlines oh geez Time magazine depicted it well – flying in a sardine can! . Can you image having to pay $3 to see your bill, $25 any service call, and god forbid you miss your payment by a day – “change fee $250 for you”
- But as every monarchy knows, Evolution offers happiness and zen for everyone involved -DERs!! -Solar and Storage that can make money -No Coal / Less Methane
- So, we’re at a fork in the road for the utility business model: Are we going to go the way of revolutionary deregulation and be handed a archaic system? that can’t support complexity DERs ??? Or are we going to choose the obvious evolutionary path and bake capitalism into the regulated energy distribution market?
- Let’s look at incentives: Utilities are motivated by selling more electricity and big Cap Ex projects But both incentives are gone after the great recession, off shoring manufacturing, energy efficiency gains the old business model –socializing the costs- isn’t holding up to the test time
- Want economically viable projects! They need velocity so they can get to scale, lower costs, and survive as a company. But utilities don’t support this business need – slow, inconsistent, and have the power to get what they want.
- Case in point -conflicting incentives of net metering: Reverse Robin Hood vs Industry Killa message that utilities hate solar
- But isn’t it true that paying retail price for energy you don’t need is obscene? Look at the unintended consequences of flat rate pricing -- causes installations facing due south to maximize daily production; when the grid actually needs installations with a westerly lean to maximize afternoon/evening power generation (except for hot summer days).
- But what happens if we match cost of generation with the price paid?, and allow the market to determine viable economic solutions? Imagine that capitalist concept, in which the monarchy can be saved and the commoners satisfied!
- And in so doing unleash the future of distributed energy resources – PV/DG, Storage, and multi nodal demand response Look at: New York REV California Storage
- Let the utilities do what they do so amazingly well – Engineer and operate an intelligent grid, with rapid response capability. Invest in infrastructure while interest rates are low, and satisfy investors with big capital intensive projects
- Allow entrepreneurs to do what they’re wired for -chasing opportunity they’re willing to take risks and are motivated to find solutions that work, or die trying.
- With emissions globally on the rise we’re desperate to solve the single largest source of climate change -electricity generation. It’s an Impatient Movement, let’s not suffer a revolution with heads on spikes; Let’s give the Commoners what they want -market price incentives- and let them go to work plowing the fields and reaping harvest.