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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
building blocks. Our approach provides
important environmental and climate
benefits while saving customers billions
of dollars and preserving the reliable
service U.S. citizens have enjoyed for
decades. We hope our proposal sparks
a constructive conversation among all
involved in this important issue.”
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