The amount of money invested in the Smart Grid is expected to grow fivefold over the next 20 years. That’s according to Rob Wilhite, senior vice president of global energy and utility consulting firm KEMA, Inc. Wilhite’s comments about Smart Grid investment were based on KEMA research and came in a keynote address at the 16th annual Innovations conference hosted by Apogee International.
In a second keynote, Jeff Conklin, of J.D. Power and Associates, reported that customer satisfaction for utilities jumped in the past year, according to his company’s 2009 survey. Conklin discussed reasons for the improvement, chief among which were utilities providing energy conservation and online bill payment to customers.
via Smart Grid: Smart Grid Investment to Quintuple in Next Two Decades.
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