The State of the Electric Utility Industry - 2014 Benchmark Survey

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1. What are the three most pressing challenges for your utility?

Old infrastructure

Flat demand growth

Grid reliability

Coal plant retirements

Distributed generation

Emission standards

Energy efficiency mandates

Renewable portfolio standards

Current regulatory model

Smart grid deployment

Cybersecurity

Aging workforce

Other (please specify)

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2. What technology provides the most disruptive potential to your utility’s business model?

Demand-side management

Energy storage

Distributed generation

Other (please specify)

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3. Do you anticipate your utility’s regulatory model to change over the next 10 years?

Yes, significantly

Yes, minimally

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4. Does your utility expect electricity demand to grow over the next five years?

Yes, significant growth

Yes, minimal growth

No, we expect neither an increase nor decrease in demand

No, we expect a decrease in demand

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5. Assuming low-to-no growth in electric sales in the coming years, what should your utility do? Check all that apply.

Seek decoupling of electricity sales from profits

Seek rate loss recovery mechanisms

Invest in distributed generation

Develop new business model

Nothing

Other (please specify)

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* 1. What are the three most pressing challenges for your utility?

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* 2. What technology provides the most disruptive potential to your utility’s business model?

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* 3. Do you anticipate your utility’s regulatory model to change over the next 10 years?

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* 4. Does your utility expect electricity demand to grow over the next five years?

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* 5. Assuming low-to-no growth in electric sales in the coming years, what should your utility do? Check all that apply.

1. What are the three most pressing challenges for your utility?

2. What technology provides the most disruptive potential to your utility’s business model?

3. Do you anticipate your utility’s regulatory model to change over the next 10 years?

4. Does your utility expect electricity demand to grow over the next five years?

5. Assuming low-to-no growth in electric sales in the coming years, what should your utility do? Check all that apply.