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“ Today we have a hub and spoke system of utility generation , with the utility company being the hub and customers being spokes . In the future , we believe that we could see a ‘ mesh type ’ energy sharing system , with the same or similar infrastructure that we have today , but the transactions will be different ,” says Dever .
Allowing individuals to manage their consumption or generation , independent of the utility company , is the
optimum way to prepare for the ‘ next big thing ’ in sustainable energy for Avista . “ As new technologies such as EVs gain popularity , how do we support that demand in an environmentally friendly way ? We feel that providing a technology , a platform to allow for an energy sharing opportunity is the place for that ,” Dever says .
Effective data management and analysis is integral to this development . Democratising data across the enterprise , Dever and his team can expose data appropriately to those in the company that have a need to use it
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