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What Electric Companies Don’t Want You To Know

The Environmental Blog

Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at your electric company? We recently had the opportunity to speak with other electricity providers that have been in business for over 30 years. There may be certain truths about electricity providers being kept hidden from public view – but not anymore.

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Unlocking smart meter data for research

Smart Energy International

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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In New York, a New Way for Stay-at-Home Customers to Get Paid for Shaving Peak Energy

GreenTechMedia

New York is struggling with the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak, but it’s also pushing ahead on its ambitious clean energy goals. Take GridRewards, a program launched last week by community choice aggregator Sustainable Westchester and building energy software and demand response provider Logical Buildings.

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GB’s Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks opens up energy data

Smart Energy International

British network operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is opening up distribution and other energy data to support the drive to net zero. Have you read? With the support of the Microsoft Azure platform, SSEN intends to automate data uploads directly from the source, ensuring the latest data is always available.

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? Nuclear’s day in the sun #177

Climate Tech VC

The pledge also calls on international banks to include nuclear in energy lending policies to help finance project-killing infrastructure expenditures. Nuclear is having its moment in the sun.   In the US , a 2023 Pew Research Center survey shows 57% of Americans favor nuclear power, a 14% increase over 2020.

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ERCOT Heat Wave Is No Sweat for AI-Powered DERMS

AutoGrid

With this comes a surge in electricity use, mostly from cooling systems. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is predicting a historic demand of over 80,000 MW , putting immense pressure on the state’s power grid. To mitigate the risk of buying power at these exorbitant prices, reducing demand becomes crucial.

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AutoGrid Responds Across the Globe to a Summer Like No Other

AutoGrid

This heat feeds surging demand for electricity and increased strain on already taxed power grids. These climate change linked trends are highlighting the growing need for distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) that can manage the grid intelligently while quickly responding to the real-time needs of grid operators.