Colorado Senate approves second storage bill, waits on House Written by Robert Walton, utilitydive.com, April 24, 2018 Dive Brief: The Colorado Senate on Monday voted 26-9 on third reading to approve HB18-1270, which directs the development of mechanisms to enable investor-owned utilities to acquire energy storage systems, while restricting their size to 15 MW. Because amendments … Read more
City of Milwaukee Reduces Energy Use Intensity by 5%, With Plans to Cut More Written by Emily Holbrook, energymanagertoday.com, March 29, 2018 To date, the City of Milwaukee has reduced energy use intensity by 5%, saving taxpayers on energy-consumption costs. In early March, local business leaders gathered at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to dig into … Read more
As concern grows over bitcoin’s energy use, what’s next for cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency mining is driving up power prices in small towns with cheap electricity. Can Bitcoin be made more efficient, or is the future of crypto in another currency? Written by Robert Walton, utilitydive.com, March 28, 2018 David Bowman started mining bitcoin in his apartment … Read more
Written by Allison Donnelly, ERS for Zondits, March 29, 2018 Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have seen an unprecedented boom in the last year, going from a speculative, fringe industry often associated with its use in shady industries to a major financial market player. At the same time, cryptocurrency mining – the “minting” of new “coins” … Read more
Clean Energy Programs, as Explained by Baseball Written by Allison Donnelly, ERS for Zondits, March 28, 2018 Suppose you wanted to improve how your community or customers use energy. A common way to do that is to create a program that offers incentives to decrease the cost of buying a more expensive – but better … Read more
Zondits Celebrates Women’s History Month March 20, 2018 For decades the energy industry has been a male-dominated field. The majority of the industry’s workforce continues to be male, but, according to the 2016 Future of Jobs report from the World Economic Forum, women are playing a growing role. Women currently make up about 15% of … Read more
The Pay for Performance Solution Valerie Eacret, ERS, presented at Rocky Mountain Utility Efficiency Exchange on September 28, 2017 Custom-calculated efficiency rebate programs can create savings uncertainty for energy efficiency program administrators. Because rebates are typically paid based on first-year annual savings, awarded incentives for these projects may be based on greatly over- or underestimated … Read more
U.S. energy storage market to nearly triple this year: report Written by Nichola Groom, Reuters, March 6, 2018 U.S. deployments of energy storage systems will nearly triple this year thanks to sharply lower costs and state policies that support the case for installing batteries in homes, businesses and along the power grid. That forecasted growth … Read more
Ryan Pollin, ERS, for Zondits In late February, ISO-New England’s Gordon van Welie gave the 2018 State of the Grid presentation. The presentation slides detail New England’s generation mix and the various electricity markets. van Welie’s discussion on reliability and the health of the grid is a great lay of the land for understanding where … Read more
Five energy industry trends of tomorrow impacting companies today Energy is a long game, and all stakeholders have made a long-term affirmation that we are headed toward a more renewable future, REC Solar Senior Vice President Alan Russo writes. Utility Dive, February 28, 2018 It’s plain to see that the energy market is rapidly evolving, … Read more