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What’s Cookin’ in our Kitchens this Thanksgiving (Spoiler: Turkey)?

The Virtual Peaker team plans to take some well-deserved time off to celebrate all things Thanksgiving, from turkey to stuffing. We’ll close our laptops and open our ovens to savor…

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SCOTUS & the EPA: How Decarbonization Efforts Adds Value

…requisite charging needs, and increasing battery storage. As paired with demand flexibility conservation strategies, utilities can decrease their energy spending while simultaneously supplying affordable, reliable power to their communities. Grid…

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Connecting Homes—and Customers

…firm McKinsey & Company, there are a host of reasons for the surge in residential energy storage: falling costs, increasing weather-related disruption risks, TOU utility rate structures, integrated solar-plus-storage, purchase…

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What is Demand Response?

…DR events, utility companies will cut off enrolled devices, which frees up resources for the grid. This is a form of utility load management, which is the act of controlling…

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Intro to Demand Baselining 101

…will feature baselining as a function to help better measure outcomes. Demand baselining helps in planning ahead for future demand events as well as to retroactively evaluate the realized performance…

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Why Cooperatives Should Prioritize Member Engagement

…enhancing their environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) ratings. Simply put, an ESG rating is an evaluation of a company’s impact on its employees, members, and communities. A higher ESG…

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Virtual Peaker @ AEP IlluminationLab

…Virtual Peaker is no stranger to these types of events – In 2016, we were one of five winners in Green Mountain Power’s (GMP) Inspire Space competition. Following the contest,…

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The Virtual Peaker Platform in 2023 & Beyond

…that we can and are excited about what’s to come. So what should you expect from the Virtual Peaker platform in 2023? Read on to see what comes next! Technical…

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Virtual Peaker and Enel X Partner to Provide Smart Home Energy Solutions

…two innovative public utilities, Snohomish County PUD (SnoPUD) and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC). “Software plays a critical and increasingly urgent role in transforming how we as a society…

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Team Q&A: Erin Poole – Client Accounts Manager

…and turn that into something actionable. I had no experience in energy whatsoever, however, I will say that Colorado, my home state, is a really beautiful place and that beauty…

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Team Q&A: Jonathan Jackson – Software Developer Intern

…the people and that has led to rampant poverty, drug use, and lower education levels (these are less tangibly connected than a slurry spill, but still a very real consequence…

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Managed Charging Isn’t Just For Urban Areas Anymore

…reliability? Rural EV Adoption For many reasons, it may come as no surprise that EV adoption has remained low in rural areas. That adoption is in part because of the…