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SMART GRID?
Communications Infrastructure
It is YET TO BE DETERMINED whether the Smart Grid will Deliver on these promises
More on that
Later
SMART GRID?
Telegraph
!Leveraged railway rights of way
LEGACY UTILITIES
Telecom
!Leveraged railway/telegraph rights of way !Extended a web into communities
!Delivering services to homes & businesses
A WORD:
ABOUT THE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED BUSINESS MODEL
HOWEVER ! Broadcasters still owned content delivered over their networks ! Cable TV filled service gaps re-establishing the legacy Utility model
Adopting the same 19th Century, Vertically Integrated Business Model used by Utilities
Best Of All
It Empowered The Customer and Enabled Innovation
So AGAIN. What does the INTERNET Have to do with the SMART GRID?
Distributed Generation
!Poses technical challenges
UTILITIES FACE A SIMILAR INTERNET LIKE THREAT: LOSS OF DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CUSTOMER
Venture Funded Start-ups Seek to Create Internet Like Disruptions on Smart Grid NOT NECESSARILY IN A UTILITIES BEST INTEREST
IT IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT THE UTILITY HAN WILL DELIVER ON ITS VISION
IT BEGS THE QUESTION What does the Smart Grid want with my toaster?
PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE RISK TAKEN BY UTILITIES BY EXTENDING SMART GRID INTO A HOME AREA NETWORK!
INTERNET (SAAS)
TODAY
INTEGRATED
DISTRIBUTED (SCM)
3RD GENERATION
CLIENT/SERVER (CRM)
2ND GENERATION
MAINFRAME (ERP)
1ST GENERATION
PROCESS/B. OFFICE
EMPLOYEE/F. OFFICE
SUPPLIERS
CONSTITUENCIES
RESOURCES
STOVEPIPE
CLOSED/PROPERITARY
OPEN/COMMON LANGUAGE
INTERNET (MICROGRID)
?????
INTEGRATED
DISTRIBUTED (SMART-GRID)
3RD GENERATION
CLIENT/SERVER (BSS)
2ND GENERATION TODAYS MARKET
MAINFRAME (OSS)
1ST GENERATION
UTILITIES
UTILITIES
UTILITIES
CONSTITUANCIES
REACTIVE CLOSED/PROPERITARY
STOVEPIPE
OPEN/COMMON LANGUAGE
ITS INEVITABLE THAT THE UTILITIES RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CUSTOMER WILL CHANGE!
IN THE END
NOT A TECHNOLOGY