Former Duke Energy chairman Jim Rogers: Utility industry will be 'very different' in 15 years - Charlotte Business Journal

 John Downey

Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal 

 

Every time somebody puts solar on the rooftop, they are taking an investment opportunity away from the utility. So every kilowatt-hour that is produced by a (third-party) solar panel is a kilowatt-hour that is not produced from a utility. I think the regulators, as you look around the country, have been slow to give utilities the opportunity to go after that business.