Environmental Engineering Reference
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Key Actors
Who
Priorities and Perspectives
companies & private
sector utilities,
energy service
companies and
suppliers of
electricity system
equipment
the energy field
span multiple
sectors and
interests
survive and are obliged to follow
applicable laws and regulations.
Smart grid provides new business
opportunities and challenges
existing regimes
Government
National,
regional, state/
provincial, and
local,
jurisdictionally
complex and
varied in
responsibilities
Different levels of government
create policies to promote smart
grid and have the responsibility to
uphold and enforce laws and
mandates affecting SG.
Utility regulators work to ensure
low-cost service and reliability
and to advance government
policies
State or provincial level energy,
natural resource and environment
departments interested in climate,
air quality and water use
Regional organizations like RTOs
are involved in planning for new
capacity and transmission and
managing the bulk power system
and electricity markets
Consumers
Industrial,
commercial and
residential
consumers have
different patterns
of energy use
and abilities to
use SG
A base assumption is that all
consumers desire access to
low-cost and reliable electricity.
Some groups are also actively
demanding electricity with lower
environmental impacts
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