The future grid provides many opportunities to enable new technologies for C&I customers. Commercial buildings account for 19% of the energy consumed in the United States. The critical question is how can utilities and regulators and policy makers work collectively together to make smart grid initiatives a win-win situation for the utility and commercial customer. The multiple Smart Energy Source initiatives—Case Studies listed below are designed to analyze and address these key questions:

• How can we effectively utilize current technology to drive value and innovation for meeting today’s challenges and create future opportunities in serving commercial loads?
• How do we create an environment and or business model that is more capable of enabling new and emerging technologies to the benefit of commercial customers therefore improving there bottom line?
• What standards should be considered and put in place to assure reliability, safety, and equitable returns for both the commercial consumer and utility?
• How can policies on all levels work collectively together for mutual benefit?