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Utilities spur power savings, see profits

Will the utility as we know it disappear?

Executives with investor-owned utilities across the U.S. say their companies are here to stay. But they also acknowledge that their business is changing significantly, with new technologies like rooftop solar systems giving them stiff competition and regulations forcing them to shut down big carbon-emitting coal plants.

All this comes as consumers rely increasingly on electricity to power cell phones, computers, and the countless other devices that make up the Internet of Things.

Bill Loveless, Special for USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2016/01/24/utilities-spur-power-savings-see-profits/79179290/

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