Distribution shapes the future of energy economics
How a one-line formula for rate making, zero-sum economics, and a utility's efforts to adapt to the duck curve reveal the true impact of distribution costs.
How a one-line formula for rate making, zero-sum economics, and a utility's efforts to adapt to the duck curve reveal the true impact of distribution costs.
On a 5-0 vote, the CPUC Commissioners decided on the Alternate Proposed Decision for allocating exit fees (PCIA) to customers using an alternate energy supplier such as a CCA or energy retailer.
50% of existing certified buildings are at risk of losing their ENERGY STAR qualified scores from the long-overdue update to Portfolio Manager's benchmarking data.
As goes California, so goes the nation. Recent regulatory developments provide some rate stability for a reformed California energy market.
Bringing energy efficiency data analytics to new data sets, such as natural gas interval data, makes advanced building operations behavior more informed and more meaningful. This is simultaneous heating and cooling, new benchmarks, and leverage on new ENERGY STAR scores!
Dan Lieberman, of East Bay Community Energy, discusses EBCE’s new Demand Response Pilot program for E-19 and E-20 PG&E customers participating in PDP. This limited-enrollment program will match PG&E's PDP structure and incentives, while providing rate protection for participants.
Want to download your 2019 energy budget forecast from Snapmeter? Tim Canavan and Tom Arnold share budget forecast best practice tips in this recorded and transcribed webinar.
Since last you likely looked, legacy costs have sunk 60% while capabilities have skyrocketed and connectivity has sublimed.
Normalized Metered Energy Consumption is the new approach to calculating baselines in energy efficiency programs, powering payments for actual savings.
Simple guidance for building operators on interpreting a battery storage invoice, from baselines to rates and the layer cake of savings.
The California energy market is changing rapidly, leading some to ask if full retail choice is an option. We discuss the policy tea leaves and implications for building professionals faced with CCA enrollment decisions.
What building operators should know about the changing energy market structure in California.