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Asim Haque, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This post was updated on June 20, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just think about the number of interactions we have with electricity each day \u2013 from our alarm clocks to our toasters to our smart phones and the lights in our homes and offices.<\/p>\n

Electricity is undeniably important to our lives and our economy. And unprecedented energy innovation has created the opportunity to build a smarter, cleaner, and more modern electric grid. But modernizing the grid won\u2019t happen on its own.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why The Nature Conservancy and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) convened about a hundred participants for a grid modernization conference<\/a> last week in Columbus, Ohio. People came together to discuss challenges with our aging and frayed grid as well as opportunities presented by modern sensors and smart meters. Although participants brought different perspectives, everyone agreed now is a critical, opportune time to upgrade our aging electric grid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Special guests<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), Asim Haque, discussed his agency\u2019s PowerForward initiative<\/a> that will include a series of workshops about emerging smart-grid technologies and opportunities. Haque said the PUCO effort is based on two core concepts \u2013 encouraging energy innovation in Ohio and empowering and enriching the state\u2019s customers.<\/p>\n

The Ohio Senate president, Larry Obhof, expressed his interest in developing comprehensive and long-lasting energy policies that would attract investment and innovation in the state. The senator was particularly critical of persistent changes and uncertainties associated with the state\u2019s efficiency and renewable energy standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Support from key decision makers, like at the PUCO and Ohio Legislature, will be critical to rewriting outdated rules that prevent progress.<\/p>\n

An aging system<\/strong><\/p>\n

Electricity powers our everyday lives, and modernizing the electric grid is important because our current system is old and frayed. On any given day, half a million Americans lose power<\/a> for two or more hours, and those disruptions cost our economy<\/a> billions of dollars every year.<\/p>\n

Moreover, 70 percent of the U.S. grid that delivers electricity to homes and businesses is at least 25 years old and unreliable, particularly compared with systems in every other developed nation: The U.S. suffers<\/a> up to 214 minutes of outages each year depending on location, compared with just 15 for Germany<\/a> and 4 for Japan<\/a>. Without a more modern and smarter electric grid, the United States \u2013 including Ohio \u2013 is at a competitive disadvantage.<\/p>\n

Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grid modernization also is important because there are enormous opportunities to make our current system cleaner, smarter, and more efficient. In fact, there\u2019s a technological revolution associated with sensors<\/a>, meters, and controls that allows us to reimagine how we generate and deliver power.<\/p>\n

For example, new technology provides enormous quantities of energy data, which can empower customers<\/a> to have greater control over their energy use and electricity bills. It can also enable clean energy entrepreneurs to design new products and services that help customers save money and lower pollution. Forum participants concluded data was key to a smart, modern grid.<\/p>\n

Those at the conference admitted that \u201cgrid modernization\u201d can mean different things to different stakeholders. They generally agreed, however, that its achievement would be incremental rather than revolutionary. To EDF, a modern grid will reward customers, cleantech entrepreneurs, and power companies for making the nation\u2019s electricity system more reliable, affordable, and clean. EDF will continue to bring different groups together to ensure we achieve a modern grid, one incremental step at a time.<\/p>\n

Photo source: The Nature Conservancy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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