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4 Ways to Improve Customer Engagement for Utilities
Engaging customers can seem like an insurmountable challenge for some energy companies, given the nature of the industry. As a […]
API Showdown: Gravity Connect v. OpenADR
Whether you’re developing new tech or crafting something physical when building anything nothing beats real-world, hands-on experience. At Virtual Peaker, […]
Report: Redefining Demand Response for Winter Peaks
In early 2022, Snohomish County Public Utility District (SnoPUD) concluded the first full winter of its demand response and time-dynamic rates pilot, called FlexEnergy. It serves as a case study on the challenges of implementing winter-peaking programs and offers encouraging lessons for other utilities.
Virtual Peaker & TrickleStar Integrate APIs, Turning Standard Water Heaters into Smart Devices
Affordable Wi-Fi-Enabled Water Heater Controllers Lower Energy Rates and Boost Utility DERMS and ToU Programs Louisville, KY and Grand Rapids, […]
A Tale of Two Cities: Steps to Enhance Utility Customer Service
Beyond the anecdotal evidence, I accrued working as a customer service professional for a large IOU operation, finding broad data […]
Recap: The Virtual Peaker Empower Innovation Forum 2022
It’s the Friday after the Virtual Peaker Empower Innovation Forum 2022, and while we’d love to take a short break […]
Why Member Services in Electric Cooperatives are Critical
If you’re reading this, you might already know that rural electric cooperatives are driven by a focus to support the […]
Virtual Peaker & Armada Power Announce Fully Integrated APIs
Integration Creates Easy, Affordable Solution for Utilities to Upgrade Standard Water Heaters to Smart Devices Louisville, KY and Columbus, OH […]
Team Q&A: Jacob Clark – Junior Software Developer
From developing and streamlining our distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) solution to finding opportunities to curb personal waste, Jacob […]
How Server Farms, Bitcoin Mining, & NFTs Challenge the Grid
Server farms, Bitcoin mining operations, and NFT processing centers are major electricity consumers. At times, they can challenge the grid’s […]
Electric Vehicles by Air, Sea, & Land: EVs & the Supply Chain
Last year, the Biden administration announced steps to limit the production of fossil-fueled vehicles by 2030, a decision that has […]
Why Utilities Have Struggled to Hit Decarbonization Goals
Back in 2015, David Roberts wrote in Vox that “power utilities are built for the 20th century. That’s why they’re […]
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