“Collaborations among business, government, entrepreneurial, and academic partners – all focusing to leverage local resources to compete in the global marketplace – is a most powerful strategy for 21st century business creation, and also, therefore, for economic development.” George Kozmetsky

Frederick WilliamsVictoria WilliamsPecan Street Project Inc.

Things change

Two energy economies

Electricity Transportation

Percentage from petroleum:

0.6 percent

Percentage not from petroleum:

0.3 percent

Define the challenge

Challenges in electricity

Peak demand

Pollution impact

How customers use

electricity

Sometimes…lessis

more

No one can do

this alone

Energy grid

Building codes

Market dynamics

Research

Distribution utility

City gov’t

Tech company

University

Customer response

Economic development

Environmental progress

customerretailer

Tech-savvy NGO

Chamber, city

Creating dynamic economic sector

Create new companies

Innovate

Collaborate

•research university•private sector•public sector

•711 acre mixed use

•2 miles from Capitol

•All green-built

•world’s first LEED platinum hospital

•reclaimed water system•native landscaping

•25% affordable housing

•senior housing

•CHP gas microturbine

•Chilled water loop

MuellerCommunity

Lessons

Utilities should not lead…but should participateHas to be done through an independent organizationWork with volunteers

Values should drive missionFocus on customer products

The future?Look to telecom

Structure

Electric vehiclesHome Energy Mgmt Systems

Products

Apps accessing energy dataHealth care

Services

Solar (west aligned)Distributed batteries

Components

Distributed systems

Addendum

What we do

• Smart grid & clean energy R&D

• Industry standards – testing and evaluation

• Economic analysis• Pricing model

development and testing

Who weare

•Headquartered at UT

•7 employees

•$4 M budget • FY 2010-11

•501(c)(3)

•Spend more on UT researchers and grad students than on own salaries

Who weare

Board of directors

• University of Texas – 2 seats• Austin City Council• Austin Chamber of Commerce• Austin Energy• Environmental Defense Fund