by barrager | Apr 19, 2016 | Barrager, Cazalet, Energy, Transactive Energy
Ed Cazalet and Steve Barrager submitted their vision of the electric energy ecosystem of the future to the SEPA 51st State project. The 51st State project began in 2015 as a call for innovation around what the future of the energy market might look like. In Phase I of...
by barrager | Mar 12, 2016 | Barrager, Cazalet, decision engineering, Energy, Transactive Energy
Our current system of regulation and bureaucratically managed Independent System Operators is a poster child for central planning. Central planners are holding back a tidal wave of technology and innovation. A recent report from Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) , an...
by barrager | Nov 19, 2015 | Barrager, Cazalet, Energy, Transactive Energy
I am an Apple guy. I prefer Apple products because I can just plug in my printer, plug in my backup hard drive, or any other peripheral device and I can start working (or playing.) I don’t have to go through any anxiety-inducing installation process. Apple has...
by barrager | Feb 10, 2015 | Barrager, Business models, Business models, Cazalet, Energy, Transactive Energy
Today’s electric power system is command-and-control. Investment and operating decisions are made based on the the results of complicated resource optimization models. Command and control has worked since Thomas Edison. Now it is being tested. We are...
by barrager | Feb 2, 2015 | Barrager, Cazalet, Energy, Transactive Energy
The Transactive Energy business model uses forward transactions to coordinate investments and manage risk for both producers and consumers. A long-term contract is an example of a forward transaction. Long-term contracts are agreements made today that specify payments...
by bakerstr-admin | Dec 10, 2014 | Barrager, Business models, Cazalet, Energy, Transactive Energy
Tesla has announced a plant to build more lithium-ion batteries than all the battery factories in the world. They will break ground soon and will start producing batteries in 2017. Three quarters of production is slated for Tesla vehicles. The rest will be backup...
