Traditional utilities are transforming into e-utilities, using big data and new IT opportunities to offer services to distributed energy providers, prosumers and connected-home customers. New Power asked companies working at the intersection of energy supply and e-services to give their opinions on the near-term agenda for such utilities.
We asked four questions: what technologies are most important in the coming year; is there technology push or pull; will energy supply converge or diverge; and what does it take for a country to lead the pack?
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