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What’s your utility doing for customers, employees, and your community during COVID-19?
Joy Herbers | April 10, 2020
We’re tracking utilities’ responses to COVID-19. You’ve been doing a lot to communicate with, protect, and support your customers, employees, and community. You’re moving fast and we’re missing some admirable efforts. Add your goodwill to this public spreadsheet. And see what your peers are doing.
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The what and why of technology transfer: Redefining success to meet today’s challenges
Bryan Jungers | May 13, 2020
Where do good technologies and program measures come from, and how do we know them when we see them? In this web conference, we’ll discuss environments that nurture innovation and how utilities are fostering them.
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E Source adds predictive data science expertise through acquisition of TROVE
Sannie Sieper | February 11, 2020
This press release announces the E Source acquisition of TROVE Predictive Data Science, which delivers data-driven artificial intelligence solutions for utilities’ customer- and infrastructure-related challenges.
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What does the future of the utility industry look like?
Wayne Greenberg | December 11, 2019
At the 2019 E Source Forum, we tackled some of the biggest issues facing utilities today, and we invited a few big names to the stage to share their views and, hopefully, spur our utility audience to action with an eye toward the future.
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How efficient are whole-house fans compared to ceiling fans?
Essie Snell | December 12, 2019
In this answer, we explain the difference between whole-house fans and ceiling fans, compare their pros and cons related to energy efficiency, and offer advice on how they can interact with each other to maximize energy savings.
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Designing incentives and technology roadmaps for beneficial electrification
Ryan Odell | December 3, 2019
You've heard about the benefits of electrification to utilities, customers, and the environment. Now join us for the second web conference in our two-part series to learn about the incentives, economic tests, and technologies that can support your beneficial-electrification efforts.
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Transportation electrification: Are you missing the boat?
Bryan Jungers | December 24, 2019
EVs are here, but it could be decades before they dominate the market. Your utility can—and should—promote EV purchases among your customers, but what else can you do to drive transportation electrification in your territory?
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From poles and wires to AI and VR
Essie Snell | November 21, 2019
We used this session to get key insights from major players in the tech space. We learned how Google and Microsoft are thinking about the energy industry and heard about developments that are poised to change the utility sector. After, we asked our speakers a few questions to learn even more.
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From lab scale to customer sales: Innovative strategies for driving tech-transfer initiatives
Bryan Jungers | December 11, 2019
New and emerging technologies can help you revolutionize your utility’s programs and services, but technology alone cannot save you. At Forum 2019, we asked Brian Barnacle from Energy Solutions a few questions about fostering technology innovation and helping tech teams develop soft skills.
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