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America needs smart grid investments pronto, stakeholders say at NARUC event

By District Energy posted 11-16-2017 00:00

  

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BALTIMORE — Two essential elements for developing a smart city are an integrated communications platform and a dynamic resilient grid, said David K. Owens, the former executive vice president of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI).

“Smart cities cannot happen without them,” Owens told Daily Energy Insider following a Nov. 14 session he participated in at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) 129th Annual Meeting and Education Conference held here. “These two pillars drive it all.”

And “they require huge investments,” said Owens, who retired in June after 36 years with EEI, which represents investor-owned electric companies.

Owens was among several participants who discussed smart communities and infrastructure in the context of creating a joint focus among industry, stakeholders, regulators and policymakers around making investments now that ‘smarten’ America’s electricity infrastructure via advanced technologies.

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