Karen Lefkowitz serves as director for the Beyond the Meter Service and has over four decades of experience as an executive in the energy and technology industries. She has most recently delivered expert-level consultation on many topics, including smart grid issues, cybersecurity for energy systems, renewable energy, and the effects of transportation electrification plans on customers and communities.
Malcolm Hansell joins E Source as an analyst on the Customer Energy Solutions team. In this role, Malcolm investigates how organizations can use emerging and established technologies to further the energy transition, build beneficial electrification, and create utility program goals. He also completes tailored research, offering insights to utility and implementation teams to help them create better human outcomes. Prior to joining the team at E Source, Malcolm worked with an implementation team at EnergySolutions.
Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to help utilities meet carbon-reduction goals, increase revenues, and position themselves as trusted energy advisers. But that all depends on whether customers buy EVs. Currently, less than 3% of households own an EV, and customer awareness of EVs hasn’t grown much in recent years. The EV industry is at risk of declining.
Utilities, governments, and other stakeholders view electrification as a way to pursue their overarching energy, climate, and sustainability goals. By offering building-electrification programs to customers, utilities can increase the adoption of electric end-use technologies inside buildings. But where do you begin?
“When will business customers electrify their fleet vehicles?”
We hear this question from utilities often. And the answer is: Some have already started. And many will take years to begin the process, but we expect nearly everyone to eventually electrify their fleets.
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