Sustainability Magazine April 2019 | Page 42

HOW SHOULD UTILITIES RESPOND ?
SMART CITIES
42 find their utility bills intensifying considerably in order to meet the utilities ’ operating costs and national subsidies .
Undeniably , this could lead to new regulations , as well as to the renationalisation of the electricity distribution infrastructure in certain regions , in order to drive the investment required to upgrade networks .
HOW SHOULD UTILITIES RESPOND ?
In these changing circumstances , utilities should respond with a new operating model : one that effectively integrates and orchestrates the
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