Sean Casten on Nostr: Only one of these things explains why regulated utilities aren't leading the uptake ...
Only one of these things explains why regulated utilities aren't leading the uptake of grid enhancing technologies. As long as your regulatory model gives you guaranteed returns on capital and pass throughs of operating costs you aren't incentivized to lower consumer costs.
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