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Swimming Upstream: When DSM Programs Can Benefit from Upstream Incentives
Melanie Wemple | November 23, 2017
When should you consider an upstream program? Have other utilities found success with this program model?
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The powerful pull of plug loads
Katie Gelber | October 9, 2017
Interested in knowing how much power common appliances and devices draw? Check out this paper to find the highest power guzzlers.
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E Source Innovation in Customer Design Awards
Learn more about the E Source Innovation in Customer Design Awards.
E Source market research reveals that power outages cost businesses over $27 billion annually, winter storm Jonas makes it worse
Kym Wootton | January 27, 2016
This press release announces the publication of new E Source market research on the cost of power outages for US businesses.
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.
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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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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Large business DG market research study
January 7, 2019
To help utilities understand what motivates large and midsize business customers across the US and Canada to acquire photovoltaic systems and other distributed-generation technologies, E Source is undertaking a major market research study. Learn how you can join the study.
Battery killers: How water heaters have evolved into grid-scale energy-storage devices
David Podorson | September 9, 2014
Most people think of their water heater as a device designed solely for heating bath water or helping to wash a sink full of dishes. But electric water heaters can provide some of the most rapidly responding, flexible, scalable, and cost-effective energy storage available.
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