Five Trends in Energy I’ll Watch in 2023
Five Trends in Energy I’ll Watch in 2023 They were: decarbonization; electric vehicles; hydrogen; infrastructure upgrades; and advanced digital technology/analytics. All these topics will continue to be important in the coming years, so I thought I’d share five different trends (maybe not top trends) that I plan to follow closely in 2023. Extreme Heat and Wildfires Continue to Challenge This trend is really a subset of climate change, a topic that isn’t likely to disappear for decades, if ever. I put this on my list because the trend impacts many utilities, and because I live high wildfire-risk area. A study published by the University of Vermont in December 2022 revealed that from 2010 to 2020, large numbers of Americans moved into regions where wildfires and extreme heat are common. These areas include Pacific Northwest, parts of the Southwest, Texas, Florida, and parts of the Southeast. While this increases wildfire threats for more people and businesses, it doesn’t mean...
