Energy efficiency can be an effective resource to mitigate the customer satisfaction

Subu Balan writes a good article on the Energy Collective website on how to leverage energy efficiency to influence consumer satisfaction. Hopefully energy companies everywhere will better understand this message. Finding Energy Efficiency's Next Purpose: Leveraging Energy Efficiency to Enhance Customer Satisfaction Across the US, the historic relationship between GDP and electricity demand growth … Continue reading Energy efficiency can be an effective resource to mitigate the customer satisfaction →

Slow progress in the roll out of smart meters in the US

Throughout OECD countries, there has been a great emphasis on the potential benefits of smart meters. While the potential is there, the roll out and the benefits are not happening. Matthew L. Wald provides a good article in the New York Times about the situation in the US. Power Savings of Smart Meters Prove … Continue reading Slow progress in the roll out of smart meters in the US →

Public utilities can take up the solar mantle

Kristel High, Editor in Chief of Politic365 assesses the growing developments in utility-scale solar facilities in the US. Could this be the case in other countries? Any views? Utility Scale Solar Among Most Affordable Options for Renewable Energy As the EPA issues new rules on carbon emission standards and climate change deniers get a … Continue reading Public utilities can take up the solar mantle →

No one said the transition would be easy

Geert De Clercq writes for the Reuters news service about the impact that renewable energy power installations are having on more traditional power plants. No doubt this is happening in more than Switzerland. Cavernous Swiss power plant undermined by renewable energy Deep in a Swiss mountain, workers have blasted out a cathedral-sized hole for … Continue reading No one said the transition would be easy →

Great to see this attitude to energy efficiency in Bangladesh

With all the problems that Bangladesh has concerning the impact of climate change, it is good to see how they are starting to view the role of energy efficiency, as explained in this post from Bangladesh’s Financial Express. Energy efficiency can help save one-third of daily power output Energy efficiency and conservation can save … Continue reading Great to see this attitude to energy efficiency in Bangladesh →

Los Angeles shows the way to promote energy efficiency

Dylan Sullivan writes a very good blog for the Natural Resources Defense Council. He explains how the city-owned electric company is taking a more active role in energy efficiency. This follows a recent EiD post that shows this is gaining acceptance in many energy companies. In that post, Andrew Warren of the Association for the … Continue reading Los Angeles shows the way to promote energy efficiency →

Looking at the grid of the future

Mahesh Bhave from the Indian Institute of Management writes on the Renewable Energy World website writes that the electricity grid as we know it today shall pass and a new one will take its place. He questions how we manage the transition. This is an important article for all of you. A Requiem for … Continue reading Looking at the grid of the future →

Three cheers for energy utilities that take energy efficiency seriously

Energy utilities have been involved in energy efficiency for many years. For many, it is voluntary and for others, it is an obligation. The US has probably had the most experience for its utilities to promote energy efficiency. The Record-BEE in California explains that a recent study examines the deployment of clean energy by 32 … Continue reading Three cheers for energy utilities that take energy efficiency seriously →

Estimating what customers are saving

Both customers and analysts are always trying to determine what are the savings from energy efficiency programmes. According to Renew Grid, one utility in Detroit has made such estimates and given customers a pleasant surprise. Understandably, such estimates have often been undertaken; yet, these positive results are impressive. Utilities Reveal Just How Much Customers Are … Continue reading Estimating what customers are saving →

Some US states show that emission cuts are possible

Recently, the Obama administration announced plans to cut GHG emissions by 30% from power plants by 2030. Justin Gillis and Michael Wines write in the New York Times about the states that have already achieved such savings. In Some States, Emissions Cuts Defy Skeptics The cries of protest have been fierce, warning that President Obama’s … Continue reading Some US states show that emission cuts are possible →