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• Case | HBS Case Collection | June 2015 (Revised August 2018)

  American Electric Power: Facing the Challenges of Distributed Generation

  Richard H.K. Vietor and Hilary White

  American Electric Power, like most utilities in the USA, is currently exposed to distributed generation and the problem of net-metering. Solar installations in particular have been heavily subsidized, by the state and by regulation, which does not allow grid operators to recover their fixed costs. This results in stranded assets and cross-subsidies from poor to rich.

  Keywords: energy; Electricity; utilities; Electric Power Generation; net metering; distributed generation; disruptive innovation; energy markets; solar power; wind power; solar; wind; subsidies; legislation; regulation; Disruption; Energy; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; United States;

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  Vietor, Richard H.K., and Hilary White. "American Electric Power: Facing the Challenges of Distributed Generation." Harvard Business School Case 716-008, June 2015. (Revised August 2018.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2017 (Revised August 2018)

  The U.S. Shale Revolution: Global Rebalancing?

  Laura Alfaro and Richard H.K. Vietor

  The American shale revolution has upended oil and gas markets for nearly a decade. Prices have risen then plunged, production has surged and then waned, LNG has boomed, and technology and productivity have improved. The U.S. energy policy, under the Obama administration, authorized a handful of gas exporters, despite pressure from domestic chemical and utility interests, and approved oil exports for the first time in 40 years. Environmental issues and questions remain unresolved. No one knows for certain what America’s energy trajectory will look like in the next decade.

  Keywords: shale oil; shale gas; LNG; energy; energy policy; drilling technology; Energy; Trade; Economics; Macroeconomics; Policy; Energy Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Middle East;

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  Alfaro, Laura, and Richard H.K. Vietor. "The U.S. Shale Revolution: Global Rebalancing?" Harvard Business School Case 717-056, April 2017. (Revised August 2018.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | August 2018

  Israel — An Energy Leviathan?

  Richard H.K. Vietor

  In the last decade, Noble Energy and the Delek Group have discovered almost 40 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, offshore of Israel. For Israel, this has been an extraordinary turnaround, from energy dependence on Arab producers to energy independence and exporter. For Prime Minister Netanyahu, this abundance poses a huge foreign-policy opportunity to lock in national relationships. For Noble, it poses significance operational challenges, funding issues, and long-term political risk.

  Keywords: Natural Gas; energy; Energy Sources; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges; Energy Industry; Israel;

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  Vietor, Richard H.K. "Israel — An Energy Leviathan?" Harvard Business School Case 719-004, August 2018.  View Details

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