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Why Today's Utilities May Soon Be Obsolete (and What May Replace Them)
By Charles River Associates
Jan 27, 2010 - 9:52:54 AM

By Richard Tabors

As we have discussed in earlier editorials, the potential for implementation of a Smart Grid depends upon the paradigm or paradigms that are eventually implemented, as well as on the quantity and quality of information being exchanged. At Charles River Associates, we have developed a Smart Utility, Smart Customer, and Smart Market framework to analyze and respond to Smart Grid developments. Even so, two major questions are paramount across all models:

Who makes the decisions?
How is control exercised?

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