The 51st State Initiative Phase 1 Visions Phase 2 Blueprints Phase 3 The Build 51st State Ideas – Doctrines for Action What makes our 51st State Initiative unique is the gathering and curation of broad ranging, cutting edge thought leadership around the utility and DER market evolution. In 2016, SEPA convened a group of industry leaders and developed our “Blueprints” report, laying out four doctrines, including the following: 51st State Doctrines Considering The Role of The Utility “The role of the utility, as a public service corporation, should be clearly defined so that all market participants have open access to enable customer options in a fair, transparent, and non-discriminatory manner.” In order to foster creative and constructive dialogue, and provide the industry additional tools and guidance for their efforts at utility business model and rate reform, we invited electric power sector thought leaders and subject matter experts to share detailed perspectives on this doctrine. We would like to share their insightful perspectives on the evolving “role of the utility” below. If you would like to download all of the submissions, click here. If you would like to download the Summary of Submissions, click here. Read the Call for Submissions Reports 51st State Ideas I 21st century Distribution System Operator Utilities (Clean Coalition) Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I A View from the 51st State of Radinau (APPA) Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I A Whitepaper Discussion (Southern Company) Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I Defining the Future Role and Core Functions of the Monopoly Utility (Ac... Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I Determining the Scope of the Electric Distribution Utility of the Futur... Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I Reimagining the Utility (RMI) Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I Role of Utilities in the Transforming Energy Economy of the 51st State... Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I Solutions to the Utility Information Problem (Energy Innovation) Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I Stewardship, Innovation and the Role of the Electric Utility in the 21s... Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I The Future Role of the Electric Utility: Energy and Capacity Optimizati... Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I The Next Phase of the 51st State: Utility Operating Environment and Bus... Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I The Role of the Consumer-Centric Utility (NRECA) Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now Reports 51st State Ideas I The Role of the Utility (Distributed Sun) Posted August 1, 2017 Download Now