This statistic illustrates the findings of a 2014 online survey among qualified utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders on why they will upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years. Some 74 percent of respondents from the electric utility sector said their main reason for doing so included providing support for smart grid initiatives.
Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' reasons to upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years
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Black & Veatch. (May 5, 2015). Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' reasons to upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/446475/reasons-why-utilities-are-upgrading-communications-infrastructure/
Black & Veatch. "Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' reasons to upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years." Chart. May 5, 2015. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/446475/reasons-why-utilities-are-upgrading-communications-infrastructure/
Black & Veatch. (2015). Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' reasons to upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/446475/reasons-why-utilities-are-upgrading-communications-infrastructure/
Black & Veatch. "Smart City: North American Utility, Municipal, Commercial and Community Stakeholders' Reasons to Upgrade or Build Communications Infrastructure in The next 5 Years." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/446475/reasons-why-utilities-are-upgrading-communications-infrastructure/
Black & Veatch, Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' reasons to upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/446475/reasons-why-utilities-are-upgrading-communications-infrastructure/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' reasons to upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years [Graph], Black & Veatch, May 5, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/446475/reasons-why-utilities-are-upgrading-communications-infrastructure/