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

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In 2014, ScottMadden was 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.

“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.” – Stuart Pearman, former partner and energy practice leader at ScottMadden

This article references Mr. Pearman’s 2014 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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Access this white paper for an in-depth comparison of utility-scale and distributed renewables. Learn how to best integrate and effectively manage these resources to maximize benefits to customers and the grid.

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Public utilities and regulators are implementing various forms of regulatory mechanisms that decouple revenues from commodity sales to remove a disincentive or create an incentive for utilities to invest in and encourage consumers to conserve electricity, natural gas and water. This article, featured by Energy Policy, highlights the major questions and considerations.

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A materiality assessment can help a company determine what issues are most important to investors, customers, employees, and other key stakeholders. This white paper provides an overview of the materiality process and discusses how materiality assessments may better serve the utility sector.

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