Sentences with phrase «traditional utility model»

For many, gaining access to electricity through solar microgrids and other local power sources that bypass the traditional utility model is a far more practical option.

But with the very real prospect of electricity replacing oil for much of our transportation fuel, and efficiency and renewables squeezing the traditional utility model hard, it doesn't take divine insight to start seeing that forward - thinking investors would be wise to factor in climate exposure to every investment they make.

The traditional utilities model is in a death spiral, with power plants being replaced by technology - enabled, customer - centric innovations.

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For J.D. Byrider, a used - car sales and finance company, Equifax developed a risk - assessment model that uses traditional credit data augmented with alternative data sources such as telecom and utility information.

Mercedes announced its intention to build a midsize truck in March 2015, saying that it would be an «all - round utility» model with about 2,200 lb of payload capacity and a traditional body - on - frame design.

Framed as the «World's First Sport Utility Wagon,» the Outback nameplate has been around since 1994 and is currently the brand's top - selling model, bringing all the capability and utility of a crossover, but in a wagon body style that's a little closer to a traditional passengUtility Wagon,» the Outback nameplate has been around since 1994 and is currently the brand's top - selling model, bringing all the capability and utility of a crossover, but in a wagon body style that's a little closer to a traditional passengutility of a crossover, but in a wagon body style that's a little closer to a traditional passenger car.

Since its introduction for the 1997 model year, Subaru's somewhat oddly proportioned Forester has been a welcomed alternative to more traditional SUVs, thanks to its uncanny ability to handle the road like a car, haul cargo like a small sport / utility vehicle, and scramble through a snow drift or a sand dune with equal aplomb.

While these new business models challenge the traditional large energy utilities, many of those such as ENEL Green Power, Iberdrola and ENGIE, said they too were pursuing similar innovations.

There are different models for how community solar systems are owned such as by traditional utilities and non-profit entities but under most models you «subscribe» and receive a portion of the power generated along with others while paying a monthly subscriber fee.

Why traditional utilities are like frogs in warming water» Jim Rogers, the recently retired head of Duke Energy, the biggest utility in the US, says regulations and business models will not change quick enough to save traditional utilities in face of solar.

In the traditional model for establishing rates for customers of regulated electric and natural gas utilities, higher sales of energy lead to...

PDF] The report illustrates that «threats posed to the electric utility industry from disruptive forces, particularly distributed resources, have serious long - term implications for the traditional electric utility business model and investor.»

EEI was recently exposed in the Washington Post for launching a plan to attack rooftop solar because the competition threatens the traditional utility business model.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) recently released a model resolution calling for the weakening of solar net metering policies that threaten the traditional utility industry business model.

This one's a twist on decentralized solar power generation, the solar - as - service model of energy development, and traditional utility - owned power.

PDF) entitled «Disruptive Challenges» in January 2013, outlining the threat that distributed energy generation presents to the traditional utility industry business model of selling electricity from large, centralized, mostly fossil fuel power plants.

The traditional regulated utility business model allows for generation and distribution, but as more grid - connected rooftop solar (and other Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) sources) come on line, the utility will not be getting as much revenue for generation, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribution side.

Several models have been suggested which respect the social context of traditional owners entitlement to land while maximising the land's commercial utility.