Energy in Transition
Solving the energy trilemma
A New Dawn for DSM
Today, I was fortunate enough to talk on the closing plenary at AESP's 30th annual conference. Aside from framing my view of the next 30 years - always a fun exercise - I was asked to describe the next 30 years in a single word. This was not an e ...
Rapid Reaction – my take on the 2019 AESP National Conference
While the Texas State Rodeo may not have been in town, the AESP provided a boot-stomping, cattle calling good time in the Alamo City. For four days, energy professionals from across North America gathered in San Antonio for the premier conference ...
How is DNV GL shaping the utilities of the future in the Middle East?
More than ever, utilities and regulators around the world understand the need to better understand electricity and water demand patterns. Demand for both is soaring in most parts of the world and many systems face challenges in meeting that demand, e ...
Sociodemograpics and Sustainability: Value Propositions in DSM Programs
Demand Side Management (DSM) programs provide utilities with established pathways to engage customers through a variety of value propositions to reduce energy costs and positively contribute to environmental sustainability. As DSM programs mature, ex ...
“The Real Cost of a Light Bulb”
As DSM professionals we now have a wide variety of channels to available to us to deliver the energy efficiency message. These can include social media (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, et al.), direct and indirect contacts through various sales efforts, ...
Themes from DistribuTECH 2015: Utility Transformation and Risk Management
Introduction Any change represents an opportunity, but it also comes with risk. Nobody wants to find out later that he should have done things differently. The need for change was one of the key themes at the 2015 DistribuTECH conference earlier thi ...
How will the evolution of lighting technology impact the energy efficiency landscape?
It has been a busy couple of weeks for me, closing the books on 2014, writing our retrospective reports, and comparing notes with my colleagues around the nation. And I am consistently hearing the not-so-subtle drumbeat about the monumental rise in a ...
Year in review: Top 10 Utility of the Future blog posts from 2014
2014 was an exciting year for our organization, as we completed our first successful year as DNV GL, which combines the strengths of DNV, KEMA, Garrad Hassan, and GL Renewables Certification. As 2014 is now officially over, we'd like to take a look b ...
Using geographic information systems to assess potential of targeted demand side management programs
Predictive analytics using geographic information systems (GIS) is a tool that can identify potential customers for utility demand side management (DSM) programs. The insights from this class of analytics come from developing statistical relationshi ...
Excel at outreach by adjusting perspectives
I've been fortunate enough to work in the US and Europe in energy efficiency, as both a client and a delivery agent, consulting with utilities, the public and the private sector. When I first began working in the European market, the emphasis within ...