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Polling results

May 2, 2016

Our live event was very lively with 120 registrations; half of which also contributed to the polling; and most also participating in the live event. A small majority of the respondents think that data hub operator (57%) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure (50%) should be a role for the DSOs, while they are more sceptical about DSO investment in batteries (37%).

The conclusion of our research is that “it depends”, there are perhaps not fifty, but definitely many shades of grey in this business.

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