For some time, I have been interested in microgrids and distributed power generation. Kurt Yeager, the executive director of the Galvin Electricity Initiative, shared plenty of information about microgrids at ConnectivityWeek, and I felt I could learn a lot more about its current status and where it is going by talking to him. Prior to the meeting, he made a short speech during his panel, “Building the Smart Grid Value Chain.” Because he articulated what smart grid should be and insisted that, with smart grid, consumers’ right to energy should be enhanced, some people at the panel discussion named his speech the “Declaration of Energy Independence and Consumers’ Bill of Rights.” (I might add the tagline “Power to the People.” Yes, the pun is intentional.) After the panel session, he was surrounded by many people for some time, which shows how frustrated average consumers are about the energy supply system, including electricity.
The following is an edited summary of my interview with Kurt Yeager.
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