11-23-2015, 12:12 AM
For the first time in the history of the modern power grid, a non-utility, non-RTO entity called GridSolar is managing a part of the electric power grid. This would be illegal in any state other than Maine. GridSolar is demonstrating the value distributed generation, demand response and energy efficiency can provide to the power grid and ratepayers. In the process, it is turning the central argument made by utility trade groups against distributed energy on its head. Rather than imposing additional costs on ratepayers, distributed energy can significantly reduce the economic burden borne by ratepayers. GridSolar is likely to have a more profound impact on the structure of the utility industry than any technical breakthrough in solar, energy storage or any other distributed energy technology in the past decade.
The Biggest Solar Breakthrough You've Never Heard Of - Forbes