Financing an investment in our future energy system

February 15, 2017 In the media

Ahead of a February 15 Siemens event at MIT to discuss energy financing, Siemens magazine interviews MITEI’s Raanan Miller, executive director of the Utility of the Future study, about the study’s research findings and the urgency of making proactive reforms for the electric power sector.

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