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Smart metering and demand response continue to increase in US

Smart Energy International

FERC’s annual smart metering and demand response assessment highlights annual increases averaging around 8 million new smart meters. The assessment, compiled as a statutory requirement annually, quotes 2021 smart meter data as the latest, with numbers of 111.2 million metering endpoints in the US.

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Hitachi Energy expands German power transformer facility to address demand

Smart Energy International

Hitachi Energy has announced an investment of more than €30 million ($32 million) in the expansion and modernisation of its power transformer manufacturing facility in Bad Honnef, Germany. Expected to be complete in 2026, the project will see the facility expand to over 15,000 square meters.

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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

The State of Green Business 2021. Mon, 01/25/2021 - 02:11. Adapted from the 14th annual State of Green Business report, our annual report card on progress by the world’s largest companies. Such turmoil easily could have spelled the end, or at least the pause, of anything having to do with business and sustainability.

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Good for Business: Energizing SMB Customer Satisfaction

Bidgely

How Rocky Mountain Power boosted SMB CSAT with Business Energy Reports The 2023 J.D. Power Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study highlighted a concerning drop in business customer satisfaction (CSAT) among electric utilities, finding CSAT is at an all-time low of 754 on a 1,000-point scale.

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California’s Big 2021 Grid Reliability Decision: Expand Supply or Manage Demand?

GreenTechMedia

California is facing a major decision under a tight deadline — whether it should push for large-scale power plants and batteries to prevent a repeat of its August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer, or turn to behind-the-meter resources like batteries and demand response. 14 and 15 last year. 14 and 15 last year.

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Eversource set to introduce smart meters in Connecticut

Smart Energy International

Eversource is ready to instal smart meters for its more than 1.2 million residential and small business customers in Connecticut, US. At the time of the filing, the company estimated that approximately 800,000 meters would be 20 years or older within five years. In its filing, Eversource estimated a benefit-cost ratio of 1.2

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How to win the Home Energy Management business battle

Smart Energy International

The growth of Home Energy Management (HEM) has led to a burgeoning, heretofore fragmented market, within which rages a business battleground of players large and small. The key to winning, explains Yusuf Latief in Smart Energy International ’s Power Playbook column, will be ownership of customer confidence.