The future of energy data - utopia or dystopia?

The Substation Podcast

What could the future of data in energy look like? Tom presents differnet views of the future of energy data with the help of sci-fi references.

Some of our imagined futures included the utopias:
1. Real time pricing as standard - locational real time pricing which is sufficiently clear enough to predict with some level of accuracy to allow operation and scheduling
2. Energy brokers for everyone - Digital assistants that can schedule your gadgets and buy power on your behalf, think an Alexa that has a trading account with the BSC
3. Energy system digital twins - digital twins that run in parallel with the real system allowing parties to simulate outcomes of real time events before they happen
And then we thought about the dystopias:
1. Push notification hell - customers and supplier relationships mediated through push notifications that drive undesirable behavior
2. Permanent stasis - nothing really changes, and there are few improvements.