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Tue, 25 May 2010 17:30:26 +0000

[...] the security of having the deep pockets and extensive supply chain of a big company. Utilities are risk averse by nature, have to abide by very specific regulations for maintaining service and for the most [...]

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The Sleeping Giant Awakes: Cisco Launches First Smart Grid Products — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:01:50 +0000

[...] the deep pockets and extensive supply chain of a big company, and not a startup. Utilities are very risk averse by nature, and have to abide by very specific regulations for maintaining service, and for the most [...]

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Corporate Social Media Policy and Risk Management — Des Walsh dot Com — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:28:18 +0000

[...] I believe firmly that it is not the job of a social media strategist or consultant to tell a company or organisation that it should be more or less risk tolerant. There can be perfectly good, brand-relevant reasons for one company to be comparatively risk tolerant and another risk averse, for instance as between telecommunications companies and energy utilities. [...]

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[...] Spring Networks) for a utility project. Utilities would prefer to do deals with larger companies, given that they’re pretty risk averse, slow-moving and need “mission-critical” electrical gear. As Warren Weiss, partner at [...]

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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:29:13 +0000

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By: José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, Ph.D.

José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, Ph.D. — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:15:00 +0000

Thank you Katie.

By: Katie Fehrenbacher

Katie Fehrenbacher — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:44:20 +0000

Hi Jose, somehow it got caught in the spam filter, sorry about that, just went live.

Mary, Agreed, hopefully utilities will follow suit!

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Rise & Shine: January 25, 2009 | Solar Power Building Guides — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:42:45 +0000

[...] Smart Grid 101: Utilities Are Very Risk Averse Any appearance of a problem with the smart grid rollout and it will have serious effects on the way utilities react. [...]

By: José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, Ph.D.

José Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, Ph.D. — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:08:58 +0000

Hi Katie,

My comment written at 7:29 PM on January 24, 2010, is still awaiting moderation. Its title is Smart Grid 102.

Please expedite it.

Thank you!

By: Mary Sullivan

Mary Sullivan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:19:57 +0000

Telecoms were pretty risk averse back in the early '80s. They've come a long way in the last 30 years. Let's hope it doesn't take utilities that long to open up to new thinking and a little strategic risk-taking.