Smart from the start - Managing smart grid programmes

 

Smart grids are one of the biggest developments in the power utilities industry worldwide in modern times. They offer the potential to significantly reduce grid inefficiency, enable more interactive demand management, better integrate distributed power sources into the grid, change customer experience and facilitate new uses for electric power.

However, the realisation of these benefits is not a given. Like any major project, there are the challenges of delivering on time, on budget and operating successfully. But it is not just a matter of rising to those challenges. Success also relies on a complex interplay of technological, cross-sectoral, behavioural and regulatory factors in addition to effective project
implementation.

 

We are releasing this discussion paper as a reflection of industry debate on the issue, in order to continue the dialogue with our clients.