Energy in Transition
Solving the energy trilemma
Going home, part 6: The Future Role of Utilities in Home Energy Management Systems
Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS), and home automation more broadly, have the potential to transform how energy services are delivered and which energy services matter most. Energy service could stop being valued as a commodity that utilities sup ...
Going home, part 5: Nine tactics utilities can use to promote beneficial growth of Home Energy Management Systems.
Getting different home appliance and other devices to talk to each other in order to achieve energy savings, along with other important benefits, is a major challenge, and certainly not one that utilities could be expected to achieve on their own. On ...
Going home, part 4: Seven Ways for Utilities to Generate Cost-Effective Energy Savings from Home Energy Management Systems
Electric utilities have key strengths that they can use to promote the deployment of Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) and strong channels to engage consumers on energy related topics. Utilities tend to focus less on understanding the market pote ...
Going home, part 3: Building a bridge to healthy management of distributed energy resources: An economic model for Home Energy Management Systems
For utilities, Home Energy Management technology builds into and enhances the performance of the smart grid by opening up or improving the management of distributed energy resources (DER) - both distributed generation (e.g., the decision to direct PV ...
Going home, part 2: Overcoming Obstacles to Deploying Utility Operational Expertise Behind the Meter
In the residential electricity market, utility operations have focused historically on the utility side of the meter: provide enough supply to match the current demand and make sure there are no transmission and distribution interruptions. Efforts to ...
Will TX residents open homes to smart energy offerings? KEMA explores.
Electricity competition and new residential smart energy offers are intersecting. As utilities build metering infrastructure, many organizations are entering the home energy tech business. What residential offer adoption can be expected? KEMA is la ...