Utilities need new strategies to adapt to major changes that are already underway in energy markets.

• Renewable electric costs and electric storage costs are falling quickly.
• Renewable gas and biofuels are being strongly encouraged by carbon control laws and the potential for carbon taxes.
• Energy efficient technologies can result in reduced electric demand and revenues, but electric vehicles may increase demand and revenues.  Different grid infrastructure and different revenue models may be required to match demand with new load profiles.
• Grid management issues associated with renewables and changes to ISO regimes will require more advanced metering and demand management.
• Legislatures, utility commissions and even end-use customers are requiring or requesting specific generation or fuel types, and/or carbon control.
• Customers are seeking alternatives to traditional utility energy production and delivery models, for cost control, carbon control and increased reliability and resilience.  Microgrid technologies are evolving rapidly.
• Carbon control requirements and potential carbon taxes can significantly affect end user fuel choice decisions for heating and vehicle fuels.

Alpine Flamingo’s staff has worked on developing and implementing business plans to help utilities use new technologies relevant to advanced metering and billing systems, energy conservation and demand management, electric vehicle and renewable resource integration, energy resource selection, carbon management strategies and fuel choices, and energy system reliability and resilience.

We are well-positioned to help utilities plan for major changes based on the simultaneous availability of a very broad range of innovative energy-related technologies; increased consumer interest in the nature of their energy supplies; and a regulatory environment that is increasingly focused on emissions.