The document discusses the changing electric power sector and the utility of the future. It notes that distributed energy resources like solar, electric vehicles, batteries, and demand response could transform electricity markets, grid operations, and utility business models. Regulators, utilities, and tech companies are positioning themselves for a new era of electricity innovation. The webinar will discuss what the utility sector may look like in the coming decades, who will deliver electricity services, who is best positioned to capture new opportunities, and whether consumers will benefit from a more distributed power system.
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The electric power sector is poised for transformative changes. The
growing penetration of distributed energy resources, including
distributed generation such as solar PV or fuel cells, electric vehicles,
stationary batteries, and demand response, could remake electricity
markets, power system operations, and utility business models alike.
Regulators, utilities, and new technology companies are now
positioning themselves for a new era of electricity innovation.
What will the utility sector of the future look like? Who will deliver
electricity services a decade or two from now? Who is best positioned
to grow market share and capture new market opportunities? Will
energy consumers benefit from a more distributed power system?
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4. #EnergyChat Webinar: Moderator
Moderator:
Jesse Jenkins, Featured Writer and Digital Strategy Consultant
theEnergyCollective.com
Twitter: @JesseJenkins
Jesse is a researcher, analyst, and writer with
expertise in energy and climate change, electric
power systems, energy policy, and innovation
policy. He is currently a Digital Strategy Consultant
and Featured Columnist at
TheEnergyCollective.com. He has published peer-
reviewed papers in the journals Energy Policy and
WIREs: Climate Change. Jesse has been awarded
fellowships from the MIT Energy Initiative Energy
and the National Science Foundation. Jesse
worked previously as the Director of Energy and
Climate Policy at the Breakthrough Institute and as
a Policy and Research Associate at the Renewable
Northwest Project.
5. #EnergyChat Webinar: Panelists
Panelists:
Prof. Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, MS and PhD in Electrical
Engineering from MIT, and Electrical Engineer from
Comillas University. Visiting professor at MIT since 2008.
Professor and Director of the BP Chair on Sustainable
Development at Comillas University. Director of Energy
Training of the Florence School of Regulation. Former
Electricity Commissioner in Spain and Ireland. Member of
the Board of Appeal of ACER (EU). Principal Investigator of
the MIT Utility of the Future project.
Twitter: @Stphn_Lacey
Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga is the Professor of Electrical Engineering at UPC, and founded its
Institute for Research in Technology, which he served as Director for 11 years. He has also
been Vice Rector for Research at UPC, and currently holds the BP Chair on Sustainable
Development. He is a permanent visiting professor at MIT (2008-present), at the Center for
Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), where he teaches a graduate course on
power system regulation, engineering and economics. He is a review editor of the 5th
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
6. #EnergyChat Webinar: Panelists
Panelists:
Sky Stanfield, Counsel, Keyes, Fox &
Wiedman LLP
Twitter: @skycedar & @IRECUSA
Sky Stanfield is a lawyer at Keyes, Fox &
Wiedman, where she specializes in
renewable energy and distributed generation
law. She frequently represents the Interstate
Renewable Energy Council in regulatory and
interconnection issues.
7. #EnergyChat Webinar: Panelists
Panelists:
Stephen Lacey, Senior Editor Greentech
Media
Twitter: @Stphn_Lacey
Stephen Lacey is a Senior Editor at Greentech
Media, where he focuses on solar, energy
efficiency and grid modernization. He has
extensive experience reporting on the business
and politics of cleantech. He is also the host of the
Energy Gang, a popular podcast that that dives
into the technological, political, and market forces
driving energy and environmental issues. He is
based in Washington, DC.