by Peter Buttrick | Mar 11, 2022 | Financial Shock, Maintenance, Partnership, Energy Efficiency, Electrical Grids, Education, Infrastructure, Intergenerational Communities, Energy
A quarter of all U.S. households and two-thirds of low-income households have high energy burdens, meaning they spend more than 6 percent of their annual income on energy costs, and two out of five low-income households have severe energy burdens, meaning that they...
by bstickle | Jan 12, 2022 | Energy, Energy Efficiency
Heat pumps are misunderstood by many homeowners – many still believe that they do not adequately heat homes or know very little about them. Heat pumps are more energy efficient, because they move warm air from one space to another instead of generating cold or hot...
by Peter Buttrick | Nov 9, 2021 | Utility of the Future, Grid Modernization, Energy Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, Intergenerational Communities, Energy
The transportation sector has been the largest CO2 producer in the United States since 2017 when it surpassed power generation, a sector which reduced CO2 emissions through the switch from coal to natural gas and growth in renewables. Transportation is currently...
by bstickle | Sep 3, 2021 | Energy, Customer Engagement, Customer Service, Utility of the Future, Energy Efficiency
We are on the verge of a rooftop solar energy boom – the cost of installing a home solar system has plummeted by 70 percent over a decade ago, and 80 percent of U.S. homes are considered “solar viable.” In addition, states such as California are considering or have...
by Bob Stoyko | Jul 27, 2021 | Energy Efficiency, Natural Gas Industry, Education, Energy, Utility of the Future
Natural gas utilities are working towards decarbonization, building from a long history of growing their customer base by promoting the virtues of natural gas when compared to other energy options: natural gas is clean-burning, energy efficient and cost effective. The...
by bstickle | Jul 16, 2021 | Energy, Utility of the Future, Renewables, Energy Efficiency, Electric Vehicles
The power generation sector has made great strides in creating decarbonized energy, with transportation overtaking the power generation sector as the largest CO2 producer in 2017. This change did not occur as a result of transportation emissions increasing or...
