Strategic response to disruptive challenges for the electric utility industry: Computational Signposting Methodology
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major grid company faced multiple challenges in their grid planning, adapting to the penetration of solar photovoltaics, new sets of regulation, demand side management, and other developments that changed the utility’s context. The grid company wanted to move beyond their current scenario planning and make their grid planning more robust for a wide range of future scenario’s. UMS Group was engaged to set up a framework for this agile grid planning. UMS provided “early warnings” to prepare for future scenarios and deliver better insights in the relevant market, technology, and customer developments to ensure that grid planning strategies were aligned.
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