EFFICIENCY 2.0 | Utilities

FOCUS ON CLIMATE

Check out the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) Six utilities—Duke, Exelon, FPL, NRG, PG&E and PNM Resources—have joined USCAP, a group of leading businesses and environmental groups calling on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

DID YOU KNOW?

Electric power generation is the largest single source of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, representing 40% of total emissions. 30 states already have requirements that a certain amount of generation must come from renewable sources and/or energy efficiency. Many other states are in the process of adopting standards.

Energy Efficiency is Changing. We’re Here to Help.

Whether you’re facing a progressive regulatory environment, a competitive market, or a new smart meter investment, the way you approach efficiency is changing. Customers want to know how to save money on energy bills and help combat climate change. Regulators want to know how effectively you’re allocating your energy efficiency budgets.

Efficiency 2.0 ensures that your investments are effective, measurable and profitable. We provide standard and custom online solutions that engage your customers like never before to generate verified energy reductions.

Personalized Plans to Save Money. The Personal Energy Advisor^SM is the first online software that creates a personalized savings plan for each of your customers and provides high-resolution estimates of the dollar, energy and other resource savings from hundreds of actions and purchases.
Customized Product Comparisons. Your customers can compare efficient products based on the amount of money, energy and other resources they save, and buy them directly from online retailers like Amazon and Wal Mart.
Robust Community Features. Your customers can manage their friends and neighbors, join groups and plan events, blog and recommend actions to friends. They can create contests among individuals, neighborhoods and towns to reduce energy use, view a host of interesting statistics and ranking systems, chat in real-time with friends, neighbors and efficiency providers, and do so much more!
Aggregated Energy Reductions. What do you get when you combine the most advanced energy reduction software with the most robust online community features? A host of interesting ways to analyze energy reductions, view popular actions and purchases, and incentivize your customers to do more to reduce energy consumption.
Effective Email Marketing. Supplement your community-based programs with targeted email marketing campaigns that show your customers how they compare to neighbors, how they can best save money, and how they can participate in rebate programs, community events and more!
Custom Data Analytics. We know what your customers like and what they don’t. We work with you to provide custom analytics that help you target your message, structure your programs, and maximize the return on your efficiency investment.
AMI Software. The last mile in changing energy consumption patterns through smart meter investments is to engage customers effectively. It’s no secret that real-time graphs displaying usage and pricing data aren’t enough! We integrate real-time meter data into the Personal Energy Advisor^SM to provide your customers with meaningful feedback on actions they can take to reduce peak load across a number of platforms. Your customers can compare different actions, see the savings that will accrue to them, and decide for themselves which actions make sense.
Measurement & Verification. Our demand side analysts and statisticians are experts in aggregate bill analysis, a proven measurement and verification model for behavior- and product-based energy efficiency programs. We work closely with trusted third party evaluators to ensure that your savings estimates meet stakeholder requirements.

And much more! Contact us for a full list of services.