Can Adoption of Rooftop Solar PV Panels Trigger a Utility Death Spiral?

About the Project 

The Utilities of the Future project focuses on how new technologies in distributed energy resources (DER) are transforming customer/provider relationships. Advances in distributed generation technologies and associated cost reductions are providing customers with potentially attractive alternatives to standard electric utility service, perhaps turning them into ‘prosumers’. Utilities around the world are re-evaluating their business models, and regulators are considering multiple market reforms. The projects aims to develop analytical tools and techniques to help address the key market, regulatory and energy policy issues in a power sector with high penetration of DER.