GreenBeat Grid Conference November 18th

"3 things needed: put a price on carbon, put a price on carbon, put a price on carbon."
~ John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

"Some say energy policy in the US equals the sum of all lobbyists."
~ John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

"My teen daughter told me, 'I’m scared and I’m angry... your generation created this problem, you better fix it'."
~ John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner, speaking about what motivates him

"I am optimistic that (Obama’s) team is that good but I am also sobered by the reality."
~ John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner

"Half of the utilities we are working with are working with big box retailers to deliver new solutions."
~ Adrian Tuck, Tendril CEO

"Utility has a vital role to play because they can adjust price. Price is the key to the mass market."
~ Adrian Tuck, Tendril CEO

"The utility sales cycle is long, long, long... you have to be patient."
~ Frank Magnotti, Comverge & Clean Energy Solutions President

"No one understands what a kwh is. But everyone knows that 5 bars is better than 3 on your cellphone."
~ Adrian Tuck, Tendril CEO

"Consumer advocates rep groups who are afraid of variable pricing… we have to educate that group."
~ Frank Magnotti, Comverge Clean Energy Solutions President

"We need to become the most energy efficient economy in the world, regardless of carbon, due to scarce resources."
~ Jim Rogers, Duke Energy CEO

"I view us as a distributor of new technology... we can scale, deploy it faster and fund it."
~ Jim Rogers, Duke Energy CEO

"I look at the rooftop of my customer and I see, plant site."
~ Jim Rogers, Duke Energy CEO

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