Abstract
This Energy Insights report discusses a phone survey on North American
utilities conducted by Energy Insights to determine their attitudes toward
green and sustainability initiatives. The key focus of the survey was to
understand management and organization to achieve compliance, current
investment in green, actions taken to mitigate environmental risk, current
offerings to customers to help them go green, senior management perceptions of
green, green measures of performance, key business drivers for implementing a
green program, and the role of IT in going green, including expected return on
green investment.
According to Jill Feblowitz, practice director, Business Technology and Lead
Analyst for Energy Wholesale Strategies, "Utilities are investing heavily in
green initiatives with investment ($10 million or more) in renewable energy
sources such as wind and solar, smart metering initiatives, and energy
efficiency programs for customers. Utilities have indicated that they will
spend money on IT for green, but they do not expect their IT budgets to
increase. Energy Insights expects that money will come from other business
units or from cuts in other initiatives."
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