R & D increases electricity markets
As the electric utility industry moves increasingly toward open competition, sharing of information among utilities will become more restrictive. Today, the spirit of cooperation seens to be faltering, due to each companies` concerns about revealing potentially sensitive information which could be exploited by a utility`s competitors. This situation raises a serious question regarding the future of cooperative R&D. One area of R&D that will benefit all electric energy providers is that which will create new or larger markets for electricity. An R&D consortia can also help to satisfy some rather generic needs of its competitive members. Members of competitive industries have quickly and economically developed market-building technologies through their support of R&D consortium. It is very likely that as the electric utility industry undergoes restructuring, collaborative R&D will continue to produce mutually beneficial technologies. The realities of competition will require the electric R&D consortia to adjust the processes used to plan and manage R&D projects.
- OSTI ID:
- 183338
- Journal Information:
- Electric Light and Power, Vol. 73, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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