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PCCA Journal|1

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Quarter 2015

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ajor power outages caused by extreme weather,

along with the spread of distributed, renewable

energy resources, have set the stage for regulatory

reforms that are likely to enable both customer-owned mi-

crogrids and utility distribution microgrids (UDMs) to expand

strongly in the next decade. According to Navigant Research,

worldwide revenue from UDMs is expected to grow from $1.4

billion annually in 2014 to more than $3 billion in 2023.

Responding to this growth, in the coming months Navi-

gant’s Microgrid Service Offering Team will offer an exclusive

study of small power grids that will bring together a high-

level consortium of utilities, project developers, software and

hardware providers, and other key microgrid and nanogrid

stakeholders, to collaborate with industry peers to develop

critical knowledge and lasting relationships with key partners

across the small grid industry. Beginning in March 2015, this

four-to-five month multi-client study will provide critical in-

sight into this rapidly growing and uncertain market to large

North American distribution utilities and their microgrid

vendors and service providers.

“For utilities, the emergence of this dynamic market carries

profound, and possibly ominous, implications along with

opportunities,” said Peter Asmus, principal research analyst

with Navigant Research and a leader of the small grid study.

“There is a clear need to examine the overarching architec-

tures and related business models for microgrids if utilities

are to remain relevant in an energy future characterized by

diverse, distributed energy resources.”

Navigant Foresees Growth

of Utility Distribution Microgrids

able assumptions built into the plan’s

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service U.S. citizens have enjoyed for

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involved in this important issue.”

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