Alan Pears writes in Reneweconomy.com.au that all existing communication, energy, water, and goods and services retailers are desperately trying to develop new business models and undermine, out-compete or absorb competition from agile, mass-produced, consumer-focused alternatives… Solutions to rising costs and social inequities created include time-of-use tariffs, limits on PV capacity, energy efficiency, storage, social welfare programs and so on. Read the full story here.