Perceptions and fear frequently result in more powerful realities than do facts. This is particularly true in the public arena where elected officials and regulators are concerned about making mistakes that are visible to, or will affect, the general public. Innovative technologies, by definition, have no or minimal quantifiable performance record and hence the perceived reality is that deployment will result in high risk of failure. Failure has financial and political consequences for the utility customer and the public official/regulator who approved deployment.
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