Demand-Side Management Service
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DSMdat
DSMdat is our database of thousands of demand-side management (DSM) programs in the US and Canada. It provides the most user-friendly and comprehensive reporting available on energy-efficiency and demand-response offerings from electric and gas utilities.
Harvesting energy savings in indoor agriculture facilities
David Podorson | September 11, 2015
With the recent legalization of cannabis use in some states, cultivation facilities have rushed to increase production and gain market share, often overlooking energy efficiency in the process. Here we present nine tips for quickly and easily reducing the energy consumption of these facilities.
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Innovative residential rate design and pricing
January 8, 2016
This E Source market research study provides utilities with critical customer insights as they consider changes to residential rate structures and pricing options.
Swimming upstream: When DSM programs can benefit from upstream incentives
Melanie Wemple | August 19, 2015
Upstream and midstream DSM programs work best when administrators can leverage a smaller per-unit incentive across total sales of an eligible measure. This report outlines when a measure is a good fit for upstream DSM approaches and why administrators should consider these channels.
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Measure Insights
March 2, 2021
E Source Measure Insights speeds up program-planning time by consolidating all the important technical reference manual data in a structured online database of deemed savings values and other measure-specific assumptions on which utilities base their demand-side management program calculations.
Non-energy benefits can tip the scales in favor of an energy-efficiency project
Ira Krepchin | June 8, 2015
Quantifying non-energy benefits can help energy managers get the go-ahead for an energy-efficiency project.
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Omnichannel Survey
E Source assessed the omnichannel efforts of the utility industry across eight customer-facing channels. Our survey looks at the health and integration of those channels from a representative sample of US and Canadian residential customers and their utilities. E Source members can view the results.
DSM Achievements and Expenditures
Learn more about the E Source DSM Achievements and Expenditures study.
Customer engagement through smart meter portals
Beth Hartman, Bill LeBlanc | February 2, 2015
The key to customer engagement in smart meter data is presenting this information effectively, which can be done through website portals that are compelling, actionable, and available on customers’ preferred communications channels.
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High tech versus high hype: Avoiding the pitfalls of black-box technologies
Essie Snell | August 27, 2014
Over the years, we've reviewed hundreds of energy-efficiency products for our members. In this white paper, we describe our methodology for evaluating unfamiliar technologies and identify specific technical and psychological factors that can lead to confusion about a product’s likely efficacy.
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