NEW DELHI, Feb. 8 -- Keith Harrison, Research Director at Gartner details the changing relationship between the supplier and its consumer...

The business of producing and supplying electrical power has evolved considerably during the past 30 years. During this period, utilities have undergone many disruptive developments. Throughout these changes, one thing remained the same, power flowed from the utility to the consumer. However, the convergence of a number of different technology trends is ushering in the largest disruption in the energy market since national grids arrived on the scene - the ability for power to flow in multiple directions.

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