Putting innovation into practice inside utilities
There's a saying in the business world that if you're not innovating, you're dying. For Josh Gould, that applies to utilities, too.In the risk-averse utility industry, it can be hard to push for chang...
28 Feb 202323min
Tapping the non-energy benefits of efficiency
Everything around us can be personalized. Our homes, our cars, our online shopping experience. And that’s what consumers have come to expect. As utilities work to grow their business, they're also thi...
14 Feb 202322min
How the race to electrify is impacting utilities
Buildings account for nearly 40% of America’s CO2 emissions, making the built environment critical for meeting net-zero goals. Utilities are starting to use efficiency measures and electrification to ...
31 Jan 202324min
Maximizing the value of distributed energy
Distributed energy resources, or DERs, can be a powerful tool for managing the local grid. They’re more complicated to manage than traditional electricity delivery from central power plants, but they ...
18 Jan 202322min
The complex puzzle of rate design
Finding the local value of renewables can be a complex exercise. If rates don't properly reflect the value of distributed energy and the central grid together, it can create an imbalance in economic b...
5 Jan 202323min
How utilities can help sell more electric cars
The grid is no longer the biggest source of carbon emissions in America. It's transportation.Electric vehicles are a key part of decarbonizing the transportation sector – making utilities an important...
13 Des 202220min
Tara Seavers on building real trust with customers
This summer, a combination of extreme heat and soaring natural gas prices hit electricity customers hard along the gulf coast. And Tara Seavers had a front row seat.Tara oversees the customer experien...
29 Nov 202219min
Carlos Nouel is making the “new stuff” normal
When smart meters came on the scene, the industry talked about them in transformational ways. And while smart meters have given utilities more insights into the distribution grid through digitization,...
15 Nov 202225min
