The end result is misaligned expectations, which could doom big, utility-scale projects to financial failure.

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Today, there is abundant and compelling evidence that shows the failure of prevailing norms of utility regulation and grid governance by many if not most metrics.

FORBES: America's Other Energy Revolution And Why It Matters

Culture plays a big role, and perhaps understandably so: the first priority of the utility industry is to assure supply, and to avoid failure.

FORBES: The Economist: Innovation Almost Dead. Perhaps Not So In Electricity

Lehman's bankruptcy and AIG's failure suggest Wall Street has too much leverage and too much capital devoted to products of questionable economic utility.

ECONOMIST: Saving Wall Street