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To Have or Have Not? A Review of Wireless Meter Opt-Out Policies
March 22, 2012 | Updated: March 7, 2013
Consumers are demanding alternatives to wireless meters, and state regulatory commissions and energy providers are issuing opt-out policies. It's likely that any utility deploying wireless meters will need an opt-out policy regardless of the size of the population projected to object to the meters.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-14 | Author: Melanie Wemple
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Sector Snapshot
December 9, 2010 | Updated: March 6, 2013
The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry covers medicinal and botanical products as well as in vitro diagnostic substances and other biological products. Numerous opportunities are available for saving energy and reducing demand.
Content type: Sector Snapshot | Document ID: BAM-S-10 | Author: Ira Krepchin
Efficiency Beyond Widgets: Residential Behavioral Program Options
December 18, 2012
Behavior-change programs for the residential sector have proliferated rapidly over the past few years, evolving more quickly than virtually any other energy-efficiency program offering. What elements drive successful residential behavioral approaches?
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: RES-RB-46 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
Don’t Let Fairness Concerns Derail Your Smart Grid Business Case
Pricing Program Practices for Low-Income Customers
December 27, 2011
Utilities lack sound intelligence on pricing-program implications for verified hardship customers—those whose households meet some poverty level measure and qualify for bill assistance. Regulators' fairness concerns about pricing programs can be addressed with the strategies outlined in this report. ...
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-10 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
Abandonment in the Residential Home Energy Management Space: Do Customers Care?
August 25, 2011
With the demise of the two major players in the residential home energy management space, industry watchers are left to wonder if customers just don’t care about their home energy use.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-11 | Author: Carol Stimmel
The Smart Grid Is Not About Residential Energy Efficiency—Yet
An E Source White Paper
December 6, 2010
References to the energy-efficiency benefits expected to flow from smart grid deployments are commonplace. Not all actions that reduce the energy bill, however, constitute energy efficiency in the strict meaning of the term; many are properly classified as conservation or load shifting, neither of which ...
Content type: White Paper | Document ID: ES-WP-10 | Author: Michael Reid
Affordable Gateway Adds Smarts to AMR Meters
April 14, 2010
A new home area network (HAN) gateway that can interact with automated meter reading (AMR) meters has the potential to provide residential utility customers with smart grid–like functionality at an affordable price.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-17 | Author: Essie Snell
Energy Consumption Metrics
April 6, 2010
In addition to Btu per square foot per year, what metrics are typically used to track energy use and performance for different types of businesses?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: BMS-AskES-7 | Author: Essie Snell
The Rundown on OpenADR
November 12, 2009
OpenADR is one of the standards that is being proposed for smart grid interoperability. What is OpenADR and have any utilities actually implemented it?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-12 | Author: Carol Stimmel
Smart Grid Lawsuit Is a Warning to Utilities
October 21, 2009
Florida Power & Light Co. was recently sued over smart meter patents. My utility is deploying smart meters; should I be concerned?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-11 | Author: Carol Stimmel
Using AMR Meters to Enable a Smart Home
September 14, 2009
We have automated meter reading (AMR) meters deployed in the field. Is there any way to use these meters to provide “smart” energy-usage feedback to residential customers?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-9 | Author: Carol Stimmel
Should Utilities Wait for Smart Grid Standards?
August 14, 2009
Should utilities wait for smart grid standards to emerge before investing in deployments?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-8 | Author: Carol Stimmel
What Customers Really Want from Energy-Use Displays
July 16, 2009
Devices that display real-time energy usage and costs to consumers are being promoted as a way to gain energy-efficiency savings from the smart grid. What do customers really want from these feedback technologies?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-5 | Author: Carol Stimmel
Utilities Testing DSM Programs or Pilots Connected with AMI
May 28, 2009
Are there examples of utilities that are investigating new demand-side management features and functions enabled by their advanced metering infrastructure pilots or deployments?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: IGS-AskES-3 | Author: Sarah Weldon
Energy-Use Feedback Displays: Technologies and Utility Programs
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
April 1, 2008
In February 2008, E Source convened a Roundtable of utility staff to discuss energy-use feedback display pilots and programs—including goals, results, and a review of the different technologies currently available in the marketplace.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-21 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
