By Martin Rosenberg

Consumers are increasingly taking control of their electric power destiny, says a Washington, D.C., utility executive.

Karen Lefkowitz, Pepco Holdings vice president of business and business transformation, says, “For the first time customers are becoming their own utilities in many ways.”

Lefkowitz recently told a gathering at The Energy Times Executive Briefing, “We have customers who are deciding that they want to self-generate, and we have customers who are deciding they want to sell back to the grid.”

Utilities employees and corporate culture can and will rise to the challenge, she said.

Article was originally published on TDWorld.com.