Heat pumps seem ready for prime time, so what’s the holdup?

April 10, 2024 | Barend Dronkers | 7 min read
The murmurings about heat pumps were loud at this year’s American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Hot Air Forum in Atlanta. Check out this blog post to learn what I observed while presenting at and attending the event.

5 creative approaches to utility payment assistance programs

March 27, 2024 | Ben Nathan, Patrick Woodworth | 5 min read
Managing arrears while maintaining flexibility for struggling customers is a balancing act for utilities with no universal recipe. Fortunately, there are many methods that can help. Here are five creative approaches to payment assistance programs that have shown positive results for some utilities.

You can’t be what you can’t see: Empowering women in the utilities industry

March 20, 2024 | Sara Patnaude | 7 min read
Women in utilities face unique challenges in gaining equal recognition, advancement opportunities, and leadership roles. In this blog post, we explore, with E Source CRO, Cheryl Stookes, how utilities can address these challenges and discuss our sponsorship of the CS Week Women in Utilities event.

Are lithium iron phosphate batteries the Stanley tumbler of grid storage applications?

March 14, 2024 | Shawn Wasim | 3 min read
Battery storage project developers and utilities around the globe are switching from the widely used chemistry of nickel manganese cobalt to lithium iron phosphate (LFP). This blog explores a few of the benefits of making the switch to LFP.

Equity and the utility customer: Highlights from 2023 customer survey findings

March 6, 2024 | Ben Nathan, Jamie Wimberly | 5 min read
Equity is at the nexus of the relationship between customers living in frontline communities and their local utility. And the results from two of our annual surveys emphasized that point. Here are a few highlights from a recent webinar where we shard those survey results.

Could electrifying public transportation be the key to achieving energy equity goals?

February 21, 2024 | Bryan Jungers | 8 min read
What role do electric buses play in providing sustainable public transportation for cities and schools? It’s bigger than you might think and may just be the key to achieving energy equity and justice goals.

Strategic perspectives on managing the affordability challenge

February 14, 2024 | Ben Nathan, Sara Patnaude | 5 min read
Recently, at our Low-Income Energy Issues Forum annual meeting, utility leaders came together to share how they have been addressing the affordability challenge. In this blog, we share a few of the solutions from participating utilities.

5 innovative technologies utilities should keep an eye on in 2024

January 31, 2024 | Barend Dronkers, Dannah Moore | 6 min read
Ready for five of the most promising technologies we discussed in our recent Winter 2023 Tech Roundup? Check out this blog post to find out which technologies you should keep an eye on in 2024.

Data-driven storm response for a reliable and resilient grid

January 24, 2024 | Sara Patnaude | 4 min read
Recently, E Source’s Tom Martin had the privilege of speaking alongside Sal Salet, vice president of distribution for PPL Electric Utilities, to share how utilities can integrate AI and data-driven decision-making into storm response and grid investments. Here are some highlights from the session.

How DTE Energy is steering the bus through a data-driven transformation in 2024

January 18, 2024 | Tom Martin | 7 min read
With 2023 now in the history books and a new year officially begun, we sat down with Yong Li at DTE Energy to discuss data science at his company—past, present, and future.