As energy providers harness the power of their AMI upgrades and transition from volumetric to time-of-use (TOU) rate structures, there is concern that TOU rates could cause adverse financial impacts for low income and disadvantaged communities. However, there is a...
In these unprecedented times of fear and uncertainty related to COVID-19, the last thing people want to be worrying about is energy. Utilities provide critical infrastructure and services to our society; they are experts at keeping the lights on. When issues arise,...
In our current COVID-19 world, energy efficiency and demand management efforts can be a part of the solution. The focus should shift to not only prioritizing low income customers as we have done traditionally, but also broadening the tent to help newly-displaced...
In 2020, California stands at the precipice of major changes to program design, implementation, and evaluation. At the center of this zeitgeist are two pieces of landmark California climate legislation, SB100 and SB350, which raised the bar for the state’s...
An important yet difficult challenge for any energy-efficiency program is the ability to quantify savings directly attributable to program offerings. To do so, one needs to understand the degree to which customers would have taken comparable energy-saving measures in...
When it comes to the advancement and integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) in a growing number of utility jurisdictions, things are moving at a fast and furious pace. The traditional ‘pipes and wires’ model of utilities generation and distribution of...
