Decision Coaching 2.0: Is enterprise modeling headed for a shakeup?
Here in Silicon Valley it seems like the standard greeting is, “What is your business model?” Entrepreneurs are diligently trying to raise money for new ventures. Young geniuses who barely know how...
View ArticleDecision Coaching 3.0: How do you change a culture?
The consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has published a wonderful collection of articles on culture titled, “Don’t Blame Your Culture: Instead, make the most of it for raising your company’s...
View ArticleTransactive Energy: Keystone of a sustainable electric power market
Our electric power systems are going through profound changes. In just 20 years they will have gone from the simple Generation/transmission/distribution/customer model shown on the left to a complex...
View ArticleThe future of consulting: process or content?
Consultants have debated the process or content issue for as long as I can remember. Some people think you can be a purely process consultant. For instance, you can be a strategy consultant and hop...
View ArticleAll customers should have access to wholesale electric energy at all times...
In a recent Utility Fortnightly interview Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute said, “We are moving into an era where all ways to make or save energy will get to compete fairly, at honest...
View ArticleWe have our first review of the Transactive Energy iBook.
Gary Ackerman is President of Foothill Services, and a long time observer of the electric energy scene in the western United States, especially California. He publishes a newsletter titled, The...
View ArticleWhich electricity business and regulatory model do we want? Command and...
A common vision of the smart home of the future is beginning to emerge. See the figure on the left. The home of the future will have solar panels on the roof and it will be both a producer and...
View ArticleThe Transactive Energy business model is completely scalable.
Transactive Energy (TE) is a business and regulatory model for electricity that is based on four simple ideas: 1) There are two products: energy and transport. 2) Forward transactions are used to...
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