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Tom Arnold

Distribution shapes the future of energy economics
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.

The beginning of the end of CCAs
The beginning of the end of CCAs

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.

The end of Energy Star grade inflation?
The end of Energy Star grade inflation?

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.

Hotel California Community Choice
Hotel California Community Choice

As goes California, so goes the nation. Recent regulatory developments provide some rate stability for a reformed California energy market.

EDF Webinar | Natural gas data, meet interval analytics
EDF Webinar | Natural gas data, meet interval analytics

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!

EBCE DR Pilot for PDP Buildings
EBCE DR Pilot for PDP Buildings

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.

2019 Budget Download Tips–Webinar Recording
2019 Budget Download Tips–Webinar Recording

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.

Four simple checks on your battery storage invoice
Four simple checks on your battery storage invoice

Simple guidance for building operators on interpreting a battery storage invoice, from baselines to rates and the layer cake of savings.

A crack in the Direct Access door?
A crack in the Direct Access door?

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.