%0 Report %A Steve Kihm %A Janice Beecher %A Ronald Lehr %A Lisa C Schwartz %B Future Electric Utility Regulation Report Series %D 2017 %T Regulatory Incentives and Disincentives for Utility Investments in Grid Modernization %V FEUR Report No. 8 %1

FEUR Report No. 8 authored by: Steve Kihm (Seventhwave), Janice Beecher (Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University), and Ronald Lehr. Click the publication title above to see all documents related to this publication and for a link to the related webinar.

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 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory hosted a webinar on May 31st, 2017, titled "Regulatory Incentives and Disincentives for Utility Investments in Grid Modernization." To view a video of the recording, click here.  

Electric power is America's most capital-intensive industry, with more than $100 billion invested each year in energy infrastructure. Investment needs are likely to grow as electric utilities make power systems more reliable and resilient, deploy advanced digital technologies, and facilitate new services to meet some consumers' expectations for greater choice and control.

But do current regulatory approaches provide the appropriate incentives for grid modernization investments? This report presents three perspectives: