1. Alex Glenn President

4. Key Emerging Technology Focus Areas
Large Combined Heat and Power
Size of Sphere = Potential Impact
TECHNICAL MATURITY
1yr yrs yrs yrs
TIME TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS IMPACT
Transformational
High
Moderate
Low
Solar PV
Energy Storage
LED Lighting
Electric Vehicles
Fuel Cells
Microgen Combined Heat and Power
Internet of Things (IoT)
Microgrids
Technology is changing faster than humans can keep pace.
Our industry is experiencing some of the most dynamic change we have ever seen, maybe you can relate.
The navy blue is emerging technology while the green is technology we have already started to integrate into our business units.
See how in just 11 months the emerging technology is being adopted at the business level.
How can we leverage these technologies to the benefit of our customers? How do we ensure our customer have access to these technologies?
Wearables
November 2014
Solid State Transformers
Low Voltage Power Electronics
Big Data
NEAR-TERM
MID-TERM
LONG-TERM

5. Key Emerging Technology Focus Areas
Large Combined Heat and Power
Size of Sphere = Potential Impact
TECHNICAL MATURITY
1yr yrs yrs yrs
TIME TO SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS IMPACT
Transformational
High
Moderate
Low
Solar PV
Drones
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Energy Storage
LED Outdoor Lighting & EE Programs
LED Lighting
Net Zero Buildings
Electric Vehicles
CCUS -Algae
Internet of Things (IoT)
Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) -Coal
Fuel Cells
Microgen Combined Heat and Power
Distributed Intelligence
Advanced Combustion
Advanced Cooling
Microgrids
Technology is changing faster than humans can keep pace.
Our industry is experiencing some of the most dynamic change we have ever seen, maybe you can relate.
The navy blue is emerging technology while the green is technology we have already started to integrate into our business units.
See how in just 11 months the emerging technology is being adopted at the business level.
How can we leverage these technologies to the benefit of our customers? How do we ensure our customer have access to these technologies?
Smart City
Wearables
CCS - Gas
Solid State Transformers
Low Voltage Power Electronics
Big Data
Small Modular Reactor
NOW
NEAR-TERM
MID-TERM
LONG-TERM

6. Challenges ALL CUSTOMERS Declining revenues New market entrants
Aging infrastructure
Residential
Industries

7. Customers ALL CUSTOMERS Residential Commercial Industrial Industries
NOW THEN
Residential
Industries

8. Generating Cleaner Energy
Building more state-of-the art, clean, efficient natural gas power plants
Developing solar power generations that meet customers expectations

9. Building a Smarter Energy Infrastructure
Utility-integrated microgrid
Provide resiliency to a critical facility
Demonstrate ancillary and grid stability
services:
Frequency regulation
Circuit voltage support (VAR dispatch)
Demand response through islanding
Mitigating solar intermittency at the source
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