{"342731":{"#nid":"342731","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The Agile Utility: Aligning Distributed Generation with Consumer Demand","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENationwide, the role of distributed generation (e.g., solar and wind) among utilities is becoming increasingly important for generation portfolio diversification, operating profitability and reliability, and meeting consumer demand. As distributed generation resources become integrated, utilities find themselves under increasing pressure to better manage and optimize resources because of ROI considerations and market\/service expectations. (See \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/secleanenergy.gatech.edu\/archive\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Energy Series program, March 2014\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInnovation, which brought forward distributed generation technologies, is also bringing forward tools to integrate, manage and optimize these resources. For the long-term, utility business models, which incorporate distributed generation and tools for demand management and resource optimization, are emerging with positive results.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpeakers include representatives of:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMcKinsey \u0026amp; Company \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUS Department of Energy \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EComverge \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs distributed generation resources become integrated, utilities find themselves under increasing pressure to better manage and optimize resources because of ROI considerations and market\/service expectations.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A panel discussion sponsored by the Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2014-11-07 10:03:11","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:21:14","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-11-12T07:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2014-11-12T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-11-12T11:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-11-12 12:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-11-12 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-11-12 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-agile-utility-aligning-distributed-generation-with-consumer-demand-tickets-4444036232?ref=ecal","title":"RSVP to Attend this Event"},{"url":"http:\/\/secleanenergy.gatech.edu\/","title":"Clean Energy Speaker Series"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"8732","name":"clean energy"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"167302","name":"southeast"},{"id":"4193","name":"venturelab"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.hill@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBen Hill\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EVenture Lab\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E404-894-2376\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}