Utility of the Future or Fiction A Dialogue between the Future & the Past

Utility of the Future or Fiction A Dialogue between the Future & the PastWhat's up with the electric and gas grids? Well, this book provides a few ideas, i. e., storms, super storms, floods, renewables, intermittent Distributed Energy Resources, unrestricted systems for renewables, COVID, inflation, high interest rates, employee exodus due to retirement, hackers' lust for targeting the grid, political conflicts and wars, building electrification, electric vehicles, climate change, 100% clean and renewable energy systems,

What's up with the electric and gas grids? Well, this book provides a few ideas, i.e., storms, super storms, floods, renewables, intermittent Distributed Energy Resources, unrestricted systems for renewables, COVID, inflation, high-interest rates, employee exodus due to retirement, hackers' lust for targeting the grid, political conflicts and wars, building electrification, electric vehicles, climate change, 100% clean and renewable energy systems, rise in lithium cost, future of gas and the nuclear energy, smart cities, communication networks, limited O&M budget, mergers & acquisition, transactive energy, FERC Order 2222, smart grids, customers transformation into prosumers, carbon pricing, scientific-based targets, non-wire/pipe solutions, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data, Integrated Distribution Plans (IDPs) scopes 1, 2 & 3, etc. After reading this book, some readers will acknowledge how critical the Utility of the Future group is for a sustainable future and appreciate the challenges and immense internal resistance they face, while others will see the Utility of the Future group, challenges, and mandates as fiction. This book will provide the reader with numerous challenges and opportunities, as well as aggressive, innovative, and non-traditional tools and ideas to enhance the grid, i.e., the grid purge, the 5W damage storm response, the Grid Avengers universal storm response, AirPod grid, smart cities, cyber police, air ghostbusters, and the success indicators to establish a well-run Utility of the Future group.