Governing Green Power II: How should utilities of the future make money?
University of Hawai‘i at MānoaInnovation Laboratory — iLab (directions and map) Growth of natural hazard resilience, reduced economies of scale, rapidly falling storage costs, network communication technologies, plus customer self-generation, load shifting and efficiency options, all have the potential to dramatically change the nature of electricity systems. Underlying this is the eroding viability of incumbent […]
Read MoreMaking Sense of Mandatory Resort Fees
More than 1,000 hotels in the U.S. require guests to pay a mandatory resort fee, stated as a fixed dollar amount per room per night of occupancy, in addition to the base room rate. According to the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), approximately 7% of U.S. hotels charge resort fees. Resort fees cover such […]
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