Electric Utilities Impeding Distributed Generation 

A colleague sent me this piece on the roadblocks that the utilities are throwing up to impede distributed generation.  He notes, “Everyone will decide where they come down on these issues, but the utility industry is now using a monopoly position to work against battery storage, solar, and independent electric vehicle infrastructure; they are stunting progress.  Now the industry will talk back, and so will the younger generation.”

You’re absolutely right, my friend.  There are huge pressures mounting up associated with utilities and distributed generation.  I’ve always advocated for a wholesale reform in the way utilities are regulated that is fair for all concerned while encouraging the things that are obvious social goods: distributed generation, storage, renewable energy, smart-grid, and, ultimately, V2G.  That our society allows the utilities to work actively against clean energy is stupid, to put it kindly.