Presentation to the annual UCLA Smart Grid research collaborative discussing the operational considerations of an increasing hybrid electric system involving millions of customers participating.
The definition of the "Smart Grid" is something that is taking shape. Utility professionals concur on some aspects and ideas of what the smart grid should be, but there are still grey areas that, however, promise to become clearer soon.
Case Study: How ComEd Is Implementing Blockchain to Enhance DER User Security...Jill Kirkpatrick
ComEd is leading efforts to demonstrate how blockchain technology can enhance grid operations, including supporting the secure interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER), enabling interactions within and between microgrids, as well as exploring its potential to support energy efficiency mechanisms. It is presently working with universities and startups on projects that are being demonstrated in its Grid of the Future Lab.
This platform is being developed for managing the interconnected edge devices including DERs to grid, with technology based on blockchain-based distributed architecture to identify and ensure the security of the distribution system. This presentation will showcase ComEd's progress on the project.
An Energy Blockchain Retrospective: Is Blockchain Delivering on Promises from...Jill Kirkpatrick
EWF will provide a look at the past, present and future of energy blockchain, covering the evolution of investment activity, key use cases and early findings on the real opportunity blockchain technology holds for unlocking significant value for energy players.
The definition of the "Smart Grid" is something that is taking shape. Utility professionals concur on some aspects and ideas of what the smart grid should be, but there are still grey areas that, however, promise to become clearer soon.
Case Study: How ComEd Is Implementing Blockchain to Enhance DER User Security...Jill Kirkpatrick
ComEd is leading efforts to demonstrate how blockchain technology can enhance grid operations, including supporting the secure interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER), enabling interactions within and between microgrids, as well as exploring its potential to support energy efficiency mechanisms. It is presently working with universities and startups on projects that are being demonstrated in its Grid of the Future Lab.
This platform is being developed for managing the interconnected edge devices including DERs to grid, with technology based on blockchain-based distributed architecture to identify and ensure the security of the distribution system. This presentation will showcase ComEd's progress on the project.
An Energy Blockchain Retrospective: Is Blockchain Delivering on Promises from...Jill Kirkpatrick
EWF will provide a look at the past, present and future of energy blockchain, covering the evolution of investment activity, key use cases and early findings on the real opportunity blockchain technology holds for unlocking significant value for energy players.
The Digitally Enabled Grid: What is the future of the utility distribution business? Mapping out a new role for electricity distribution in an era of disruption.
Transactive Energy (TE) can play a defining role in adapting and stabilizing today's grid for tomorrow. A follow-up to the Cross-DEWG Discussion on Transactive Energy session held in May at the SGIP Spring 2014 Members Meeting, this webinar continues the dialogue regarding this important game changer. SGIP is making this webinar event open and free to the public.
Research Presentation: What’s Next for Customer Energy Management?Jill Kirkpatrick
With customer adopting smart technologies at an accelerating pace, utilities are making use of connected devices, such as smart thermostats, plug load solutions, solar + storage and grid-interactive water heaters.
This Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables research presentation will explore what are the key benefits of these deployments, and which barriers to adoption persist.
The changing world of energy is making it increasingly challenging to optimize power reliability, energy costs, and operational efficiency in critical power environments such as
hospitals, data centers, airports, and manufacturing facilities. Utility power grids are getting more dynamic, facility power distribution systems are becoming more complex, and
cyberattacks threaten network stability. More competitive pressures and environmental regulations are pushing expectations for energy efficiency and business sustainability higher than ever. Addressing these challenges requires new
digital tools designed specifically to enable faster response to opportunities and risks related to power system reliability and operations.
Lecture at Univ of Florida regarding the transformation of the electric industry and the technical and operational issues from the integration of variable renewable and distributed energy resources at scale.
Modeling the Grid for De-Centralized EnergyTon De Vries
Utilities are facing massive changes that affect all aspects of their business, from planning through operations. Once an industry characterized as technology-risk averse, utilities have been shifting to more agile approaches with a higher tolerance for risk. Modeling the grid to accommodate these changes requires new approaches and closer relationships with trusted
technology partners. This paper will examine what methodologies have driven the acceleration of grid decentralization and what technologies still need to be applied for smooth integration and success.
The Digitally Enabled Grid: What is the future of the utility distribution business? Mapping out a new role for electricity distribution in an era of disruption.
Transactive Energy (TE) can play a defining role in adapting and stabilizing today's grid for tomorrow. A follow-up to the Cross-DEWG Discussion on Transactive Energy session held in May at the SGIP Spring 2014 Members Meeting, this webinar continues the dialogue regarding this important game changer. SGIP is making this webinar event open and free to the public.
Research Presentation: What’s Next for Customer Energy Management?Jill Kirkpatrick
With customer adopting smart technologies at an accelerating pace, utilities are making use of connected devices, such as smart thermostats, plug load solutions, solar + storage and grid-interactive water heaters.
This Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables research presentation will explore what are the key benefits of these deployments, and which barriers to adoption persist.
The changing world of energy is making it increasingly challenging to optimize power reliability, energy costs, and operational efficiency in critical power environments such as
hospitals, data centers, airports, and manufacturing facilities. Utility power grids are getting more dynamic, facility power distribution systems are becoming more complex, and
cyberattacks threaten network stability. More competitive pressures and environmental regulations are pushing expectations for energy efficiency and business sustainability higher than ever. Addressing these challenges requires new
digital tools designed specifically to enable faster response to opportunities and risks related to power system reliability and operations.
Lecture at Univ of Florida regarding the transformation of the electric industry and the technical and operational issues from the integration of variable renewable and distributed energy resources at scale.
Modeling the Grid for De-Centralized EnergyTon De Vries
Utilities are facing massive changes that affect all aspects of their business, from planning through operations. Once an industry characterized as technology-risk averse, utilities have been shifting to more agile approaches with a higher tolerance for risk. Modeling the grid to accommodate these changes requires new approaches and closer relationships with trusted
technology partners. This paper will examine what methodologies have driven the acceleration of grid decentralization and what technologies still need to be applied for smooth integration and success.
Overview of Utility Challenges and Responses to Distributed Solar EnergyScottMadden, Inc.
Utility planning is changing with the rapid growth of distributed solar in certain markets. Over the long term, market fundamentals favor the continued growth of distributed solar energy. This will access business and operational challenges for utilities. This insight outlines strategies utilities can deploy to successfully incorporate distributed solar energy into their business model or generation portfolio.
Andrew Ritch: Interruption in the Utility IndustryEnergyTech2015
EnergyTech2015.com
INTERRUPTION IN THE UTILITY INDUSTRY?
Track 1 Session 1
Electricity markets are experiencing fundamental changes because of solar, wind, electric vehicles, energy efficiency programs, storage and other forms of distributed generation that may be intermittent or require changes/upgrades to the electric grid. There is also an increase in the availability of smart meters and other devices that can help customers control their electric demand and usage. As a result, demand is less predictable and more volatile. This change also creates challenges for transmission and distribution for all load serving entities, even with new real-time data availability and grid visibility. What technological, regulatory, and/or policy changes are needed in the short term and longer term to keep pace? What will these changes mean for reliability? How will the traditional utility model change in the coming years?
Moderator: Commissioner Beth Trombold, PUCO
Robert Wargo, Vice President, Reliability First Corp.
Andrew Ritch, Energy Wholesale Renewables Director, Duke Energy
Andrew Ott, Executive Vice President, PJM Interconnection
CIGRE WG “Network of the Future” Electricity Supply Systems of the futurePower System Operation
The mission of modern power systems is to
supply electric energy satisfying the following conflicting
requirements:
– High reliability and security of supply
– Most economic solution
– Best environmental protection
The first requirement of reliability and security
of supply has always been and still remains a key
objective and has shaped the design and operation
of power systems from the very beginning
of their formation. In the last few decades, the
need for a more efficient operation of the system
with the aimto reduce prices and increase the quality
of service has led to the
It is fair to say that these actions
are probably the last decade’s landmark of the
electric electric power systems framework. Inmore
recent years, the increasing concern about climate
change and the effects energy production may
have on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have led
to the wide integration of Renewable Energy
Sources (RES) and Dispersed Generation (DG) in
the power systemwith obvious advantages for the
environmental behaviour of the power systems.
Aggressive targets for the increased share of
renewable generation in the overall power supply
have been set, e.g. the EU Commission target
known as 20-20-20 for 2020.
De Martini - Caltech Resnick Utility Business Models Oct 1 2012Paul De Martini
Lecture at Caltech Resnick Sustainability Institute discussing emerging business opportunities for electric utilities based on customer adoption of distributed energy resources.
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This paper investigates the key technologies that underpin the digitisation of energy and examines their potential impacts.
Understand the effects new technologies will have on the current energy system,
The new challenges they will pose, and the policies and regulatory measures which will assist in making them a success.
In this webinar, the editors of the Green Book on the “Electricity Supply Systems of the Future” will describe their long journey to summarize the collective knowledge acquired in CIGRE Study Committees. This journey can never be over, as visions become realities or become obsolete and new challenges and developments unavoidably appear. Nevertheless, the Green Book provides CIGRE’s unique and unbiased technical views for the current and future state of electricity supply systems. It also shows the value of global collaborative work of numerous experts from industry and academia mobilized within the CIGRE community. CIGRE is the foremost authority for end-to-end power system expertise.
Distribution Automation - Emerging Trends and Challenges Providing an overview of challenges, further providing a detail by introducing IEC 61850 standard and finally concluding by discussing the need of a maker approach or workshops thus enabling better skills and development at institutions.
Andrew Keane delivered this presentation at a joint ESRI-UCD conference tilted 'Energy research to enable climate change mitigation' on 17 September.
Photos from the conference are available to view on the ESRI website here: https://www.esri.ie/events/esri-ucd-conference-energy-research-to-enable-climate-change-mitigation
Presentation from the EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids: Power Systems Engineering Research and Development, presented by Dan Ton, DOE OE, Baltimore, MD, August 29-31, 2016.
Case Study: Blockchain as the Foundation of Alectra's Grid Exchange Transacti...Jill Kirkpatrick
Alectra Utilities is leveraging blockchain technologies to develop GridExchange, a platform for transactive energy that allows its users to create new energy markets, as well as bidding into existing ones.
Behavior changes are set based on homeowner preferences for use of their distributed energy resources. The platform also creates statistics on customer energy usage and validates participation in these energy markets, confirming settlement when compensation for energy services has been paid.
As a result, users are empowered with greater choices, control and autonomy to buy, consume, and sell energy, and the utility improves reliability and forecasting by gaining visibility of energy usage patterns and changing behaviors.
Similar to De Martini - UCLA SMERC conf. Mar 22, 2013 (20)
Illustrative slides on the 3 Stage Evolution model and the application of Walk, Jog, Run step-wise approach to transition between stages through sequential enhancements in functionality and technology investments.
A guide to system data for use in a more distributed system and a roadmap for using system data to plan and operate an integrated distribution system with DER
DOE white paper discussing the elements of integrated distribution planning and considerations for Minnesota based on the experience of other states incl, CA and NY.
Paper explores two bookend visions of market-control structures that form Transactive Energy architectures. This expands on the LBNL paper by De Martini & Kristov in collaboration with J. Taft.
Report assessing the structural evolution of Distribution System Operator model spanning distribution planning, operations and integration of DER provided value. Report critically discusses the business and policy decision considerations in relation to DER adoption.
Transactive Energy article in Metering International magazine Fall 2013. Provides practical explanation of transactive energy in an evolutionary context.
Evolving Distribution Grid article in Electric Perspectives magazine Jan-Feb 2015 edition. Article discusses emerging business opportunities for a utility Distribution Services Provider.
21st C.Electric Distribution System Operations, 2014Paul De Martini
L. Kristov & P. De Martini paper that defines Distribution System Operator and provides a framework to considering a range of business and policy issues.
PNNL-Caltech conceptual paper on network effects and convergence for electric grids. Paper presents introductory information and organizing frameworks on the development of electric networks and the opportunity to achieve synergies from multi-network convergence.
Presentation at 2014 Fall CCIF workshop focused on the evolution and value of information in the new energy economy as relates to electric industry business opportunities.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
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Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
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Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
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Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
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Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
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1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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2. EEI Future Scenarios
Base Case: The transformation takes place, but the pace is
slower, since utilities have neither policy incentives nor strong
market demand.
Economic
Growth
Base Case
Rapid
Deployment
Policy
Influence
Policy Driven
Market
Driven
Market Driven: Progress is limited to areas the market can pull
forward without incentives, mandates or subsidies. Conditions are
chaotic, with policies, regulations and standards varying widely by
region.
Policy Driven: Federal and state legislation and regulation creates
powerful incentives and mandates. Utilities find themselves
pinched as policymakers push changes without providing the
money to pay for them.
Rapid Development: Most disruptive and unpredictable scenario.
The confusion of an Internet-style frenzy is counterbalanced
somewhat by standards and guidelines from policymakers and
regulators. Utilities have the most opportunities in this
scenario…but also the most risks.
Source: EEI Smart Technology Scenario Workshops
3. 5 Forces Driving Transformation
Signposts point to different experiences and pace of change across US
Rapid
Deployment
Policy Driven
Market
Driven
Base Case
4. Policy is Spurring DER Adoption
Combined with accelerating improvements in DER technology price &
performance are creating opportunities for electric system efficiencies
2011 US State Renewable Policy
Source: EIA
2010 US State EE Policy
Source: ACEEE
Over 80% of US population under the equivalent of EU’s 20/20/20 Plan
4
5. Policy is Spurring DG Adoption
43 states with net metering tariffs + 17 states with distributed generation
mandates + White House goal of 122 GWs of CHP by 2020
2012 US State Net Metering Policy
Source: DoE EERE
Sources: SEPA, DoE, USCHP, McKinsey
322 GWs Solar + CHP
100,000 Distribution circuits
(20% of US total)
= 3.2 MWs/circuit
6. DG is not just for Asia, Europe & California
Solar PV is already more concentrated in Northeast and will expand into Texas and
across the sunbelt over this decade as costs decline and retail rates rise
More than 1.2 million solar PV panels installed by the top 20 corporate solar users in US
Source: SEPA
7. Energy Storage Adoption
“The future U.S. grid energy storage market
value is forecasted to reach between two and
four gigawatts in size by 2016.” KEMA 2012
Storage Application Development Outlook
Source: Southern California Edison
5 Year Adoption Forecast (MWs)
Source: CDA - KEMA
Source: CDA - KEMA
8. Customer Evolution
Linking Smart Grid with Web 2.0 Enables Customer Partnerships
Customer
In Control
Customer
In Context
Customer
Collaboration
Customer
Co-creation
Zero Net Energy
8
12. Multiple DER Constituents
Transactive systems & platforms must be able to reconcile multi-party
objectives & constraints related to the same distributed resource
Objectives & Goals
Decision Criteria
& Processes
Constraints
Bulk Power
System
Energy
Financial
Services
Distribution
Operations
Customer
Energy
Provider
Energy
Devices
Energy
Related
Services
Value Perception
Economic Utility
Willingness & Ability
13. Transactive Energy
Refers to techniques for managing the generation,
consumption or flow of electric power within an electric
power system through the use of economic or market based
constructs while considering grid reliability constraints.
The term “transactive” comes from considering that decisions
are made based on a value. These decisions may be
analogous to or literally economic transactions.
Transactive Energy Workshop Proceedings 2012, prepared by the GridWise® Architecture Council,
March 2012, PNNL-SA-90082 (http://www.gridwiseac.org/historical/tew2012/tew2012.aspx)
14. Value Creation thru Differentiated Services
22 Services that DER can provide with proper structuring and pricing
Optimize energy & carbon costs
Source: SCE
15. Unlocking Latent DER – Pricing Structure Matters
Value Realization Requires Satisfying Multi-Party Requirements
Traditional “best efforts” programs are not
effective for most grid operations – need new
approach
Adapt Quality of Service Concept:
Availability (On/Off or Will be)
Guarantees (Firmness)
Auditability (Measurement & Verification)
Use of forward pricing structures to balance
customer needs for comfort and convenience
while providing firm resources for grid operations
Differentiated services may be bundled to keep
pricing simple – “good enough” is fine
Forward pricing structures also enable customer
side investments in enabling technology
16. Engineering-Economic Based Grid Controls
Transactive Energy framework is focused on
the convergence of multi-party business and
operational objectives and constraints
Not just markets, but also a broader
integrated cyber-physical control system to
ensure reliable electric services
Not simply “Prices to Devices”, but
coordinated and federated engineeringeconomic signals aligned to differentiated
services across a broad time range
Transactive Energy
Markets
T&D Grid
Operations
Customer
18. Central to Distributed Transition
Variable & Distributed Energy Resources Require New Operational Systems
Distributed Gen
Energy Storage
Electric Network + Central Gen
Responsive Demand
20. Virtual Power Plant: 2002-2020
Advanced Automation: Multi-direction and variability of DER power flows drive
circuit design changes, new grid components and control systems
22. Multiple DER Constituents
Transactive schemes must be able in reconcile multi-party
Texas is beginning to face these issues to their market designs and
objectives & constraints related to the same distributed resource
system development for integrating demand response
23. Spatial & Temporal Changes
Operational systems are challenged by increased span of control and decreasing
timing of information and decision and control responses
25. Grid 3.0 Operating System
EPRI’s Grid 3.0 Operating System concept reflects current investments
Source: Newport
Architecture and Interoperability
Source: Cisco
Sensing & Communications
Distributed Controls
Source: EPRI
Model Based Management
Graphics adapted from EPRI
26. Asset & Workforce Productivity
Asset Management
Integrating OMS and
GIS with AMI
Enabling the
field workforce
Combination of these systems are being used by utilities
to address outage prevention and restoration
27. Cyber Security Risk Scale & Scope
Threat surface is expanding in two dimensions:
• Scale & reach of grid systems’ topology
• Scope & complexity of the “Systems of Systems”
Robust risk management processes become essential in planning, operations and governance
28. Grid 3.0 Operational Platform
Integrated & Highly Scalable Platforms Are Necessary Today and Future
Grid
Controls
GIS
Distributed
Energy
Resources
CIS
Sensors
/Smart
Meter
Situational
Intelligence
DERMS
IRP
WFM
Asset
Mgmt
Adapted from Alstom
29. Evolution of Distribution Operations
Analog to Digital Transformation
Rich information needs to be transitioned to dynamic decision support systems
and operational controls
Images: A. von Meier
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31. Resilience & Reliability
$675 billion in distribution investment thru 2030 provides opportunity for grid
modernization to improve reliability and resiliency – challenge is rate impact
Utilities reported average duration
and average frequency of power
interruptions has been increasing
over the past 10 years at a rate of
approximately 2% annually.
LBNL 2012
U.S. Distribution Equipment Age
30%
Beyond Expected Life
49%
Near Expected Life
Within Expected Life
21%
Source: Black & Veatch 2008 Electric Utility Survey
We conclude that it is likely that
greenhouse warming will cause
hurricanes in the coming century
to be more intense globally and have
higher rainfall rates than present-day
hurricanes
Nov 28, 2012
32. Increased Capital + Potential Stranded Asset Risk
New distribution design standards w/advanced technology may create an
additional 15% increase in capital costs
Delays in changing distribution design, standards and advanced distribution
platforms creates potential stranded asset exposure
$775B +15%
BAU Dist. Investment: $675B1
(Billions)
Dist Asset Base
DER Driven Investment: +$100B2
Potential Stranded Assets
from BAU Investment
t5
t10
t15
Sources:
1. Brattle-EEI Forecast 2010-2030
2. Caltech Resnick Estimate
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33. Advanced Tech Deferral Consequences
Deferring advanced distribution investment to address DER policy targets compounds both
capital costs as well as the time to course correct - creating significant network performance
gaps, unmet policy targets & customer expectation problems
Investment Options & Decision Points
Modern Grid
BAU
DER Adoption
Years
t5
t10
t15
t20
t25
t30
33
34. Uncertainty Factors
Distribution infrastructure investment today is a 20+ year bet on the future
Load:
Power Flow
Growth
+
+
Volatility Increasing +
Time Scales Decreasing
+
Technology:
+
Learning Curves
Investment:
Tech Adoption
Risk
Multi-Directional
Power
Globalization
Uses + R&D
+
Adjacencies
+
Market Adoption
$€¥
Capital Markets
+ Venture Capital
+ RD&D Funding
34
35. Balancing Objectives: Opportunities & Challenges
Distribution capital expenditures forecasted to outpace transmission by more than 2:1
US Cumulative
Source: Brattle Group
$675B
Challenge is how & who will pay for it!