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Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), a leading provider of smart grid, demand management and energy efficiency solutions, today announced that it has been chosen by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the utility's Bainbridge Island, Wash., residential demand response pilot program. More...
With Pennsylvania Rate Caps Expiring, Bridesburg Foundry Selects EnerNOC Energy Supply Management and Saves $40,000 in First Six Months
EnerNOC, Inc. - EnerNOC, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENOC), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, today announced that Whitehall, PA-based Bridesburg Foundry, one of the largest bronze and aluminum foundries on the East Coast, has selected EnerNOC's Energy Supply Management services to secure favorable energy contracts in advance of the expiration of Pennsylvania rate caps. more...
Enspiria Solutions Included in Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture (SERA) - Key Tool for Smart Grid Development
Enspiria Solutions Inc. - Enspiria® Solutions, a leading provider of consulting and systems integration to the utility and government sectors, announced that the company has been included in the recently published Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture (SERA). more...
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GridPoint to Provide Software Solutions for SMUD’s Smart Grid Solar Project
GridPoint, Inc. - GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid software, announced today that it will provide storage management, renewable integration, and home energy management solutions for Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) smart grid solar project, the recipient of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. more...
Puget Sound Energy Selects Comverge for Smart Grid-Enabled Demand Response Pilot Program
Comverge, Inc. - Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), a leading provider of smart grid, demand management and energy efficiency solutions, today announced that it has been chosen by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the utility's Bainbridge Island, Wash., residential demand response pilot program. more...
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Meaningful Interaction: KCP&L Customers Speak Out

By Stephen Smith
While utilities are undertaking a variety of measures to better manage peak demand and contain costs, true energy management success hinges on the ability to actively engage and interact with residential and commercial customers. more...
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Managing the Invisible

By Kathy Barbian
Demand response and energy efficiency are often joined at the hip. In this article, written for Intelligent Utility magazine's May/June issue, the author shares how We Energies assists its customers in monitoring their energy usage, more...
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Twenty-First Century Demand Response

By Ron Bernstein
Despite the still-depressed economy and high (and increasingly unpredictable) costs of fuel and electricity, consumers are using more energy today than at any other time in history. They are heating and cooling larger homes, making more...
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Residential Energy Efficiency: This Is How We Do It (Part 2)

By Andy Frank
The "behavior resource" can be a more cost-effective solution than traditional rebate programs. By approaching energy efficiency from a consumer marketing perspective, utilities and others can take advantage of a few key principles to maximize more...
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Residential Energy Efficiency: It's the Behavior, Stupid

By Andy Frank
As utilities, regulators and other market actors face increasing pressure to dramatically ratchet up energy efficiency and demand response programs, a new buzzword, behavior, is fundamentally changing the approach to energy efficiency. Behavior strategies, often more...
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