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PG&E offers backup power meter device

Smart Energy International

The in-house developed device was designed to enable customers to easily and safely connect backup power to their homes. The so-called personal microgrid backup power transfer meter device is intended primarily for customers in high fire-threat districts to enable them to run backup power sources during outages.

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New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Demonstrates Power of Advanced Analytics-Based Rate Design

Bidgely

When analytics are applied to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) data, the resulting intelligence serves as an essential input to rate design calculations, delivering more effective rate structures that better satisfy utility objectives. Incentives vs. Rewards. time of use rates), NHEC approached Bidgely with a different objective.

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US consumers becoming more concerned about outages finds survey

Smart Energy International

Despite significant investments in modernising the electric grid, 41% of consumers in the US are more concerned with power outages today compared to 10 years ago, finds the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative. So when the power is out, they’re more inconvenienced. The 58% majority, however, said they would not.

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Technology Trending: data centres in space, smart home appliances, LNG tractor

Smart Energy International

Investigating the possibility of putting data centres into space, LG’s ThinQ UP smart home appliance global launch and ‘circular’ farming with onsite methanol production and use for powering tractors are in the week’s technology radar. Task force to innovate space applications for energy Unlocking smart meter data for research.

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Copper Labs raises $5.5m to enhance smart control of energy demand

Smart Energy International

Copper Labs, a technology provider developing grid-edge data for gas, water and electric utilities, announced $5.5 The funds were led by Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a venture capital firm funding early-stage climate technology innovation and had follow-on participation from National Grid Partners and Blue Bear Capital. ”

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IDC MarketScape Names Bidgely a Leader in Worldwide Digital Customer Engagement Solutions for Utilities

Bidgely

The report was designed to provide energy utilities around the globe with insight into the current capabilities and future strategies of digital customer engagement (DCE) software vendors as a guide for end-to-end digital customer engagement solution deployment. Why Bidgely? What this Means for Bidgely Customers.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — October 2022

Greentown Labs

Form Energy raised a $450M Series E for its cost-effective, multi-day energy-storage systems. American Battery Technology Company was awarded a $57M Department of Energy grant to build a $115M, first-of-kind commercial-scale facility to manufacture battery-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based sedimentary resources.