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infrastructure made obsolete by the new products. In Services disruptions similar to the examples described
<br /> addition, some utilities may also face flat or declining above concern the market. A market rapidly develops for
<br /> sales as customers choose alternative sources of energy the excess energy from customers who have invested in
<br /> from new entrants into the marketplace. their own micro generation, electric transportaion or other
<br /> Regulators Rule. A rapidly recovering economy energy storage technologies. These factors lead to the
<br /> combined with a warming climate leads to escalating rapid adoption of microgrids and other distributed energy
<br /> electric prices and an escalating increase in demand. systems. Similar to Power to the People scenario above,
<br /> Mothballed fossil fuel power plants are brought back the most successful companies are the ones invested in
<br /> on line to attempt to meet peak service loads. Unhealthy and positioned well to market the new technologies being
<br /> ozone and pollution levels continue to plague many cities. adopted by the marketplace. The most successful utilities
<br /> Blackouts, brownouts and other service disruptions are the ones that work with regulators to establish
<br /> occur as a result of a number of factors including: regulatory constructs that provide enabling infrastructure
<br /> shrinking reserve margins, severe weather, and physical and market access. Disadvantaged are those companies
<br /> and cyber attack incidents. Any number of these factors who are slow to invest or utilities that are slow to invest in
<br /> may lead to significant reregulation efforts in a number the needed enabling infrastructure. Potentially stranded
<br /> of deregulated markets and extended new regulations in investment and a flat or declining sales outlook are also
<br /> areas such as cybersecurity, physical security, rate caps, risks for the incumbent utility as customers go "off-grid."
<br /> portfolio management, grid resiliency, and market reform. Gas World—A long-term abundant supply of cleaner
<br /> The utilities that fare best in this scenario are the ones natural gas creates a sustained low natural gas price
<br /> with strong regulator and community relationships, environment for the foreseeable future. This leads to a
<br /> trusted rate and compliance organizations, established significant shift in electric supply towards natural gas
<br /> regulatory constructs that incentivize greener energy fueled projects and technologies. A resurgence in
<br /> supply portfolios and grid resiliency investments, strong manufacturing occurs. The most successful utilities are
<br /> disruption and service recovery plans, and strong the ones that significantly enhance the inclusion of natural
<br /> stakeholder management organizations. gas and natural gas services and products into their
<br /> Microgrids and Distributed Energy Supply business strategies. This would include increased gas
<br /> Breakthroughs in technologies regarding lower-cost micro generation and projects to increase access to purchase
<br /> energy supply technologies such as micro generation, power fueled or priced by natural gas. Successful utilities
<br /> fuel cells and rooftop solar and/or a breakthrough in micro will also develop strong customers, state, and municipal
<br /> energy storage technologies makes microgrids and partnerships to attract new manufacturing projects in the
<br /> distributed energy supply commercially viable. markets that they service. Some utilities will be successful
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