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Consultant: Utilities Should Avoid ‘Victim Mentality’ and Lead on DG

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Stu Pearman, partner and energy practice leader at ScottMadden, was recently quoted in GenerationHub’s article “Consultant: Utilities should avoid ‘victim mentality’ and lead on DG.” To access the full article, please see below or visit here.

Mr. Pearman said, “Electric companies must avoid a “victim mentality” on distributed generation (DG) and embrace changes affecting the power sector. It’s our industry and we ought to be articulating the vision, for how DG will fit into the power business.”

This article references Mr. Pearman’s presentation at PennWell’s GenForum conference titled, “Utilities and Distributed Resources: “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb!“

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Consultant: Utilities Should Avoid ‘Victim Mentality’ and Lead on DG

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