Uplight
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Sustainability
Virtual Power Plants: An Untapped Resource for Improving Grid Reliability
Utilities are in a tricky spot. While reliability is one of three key focus areas for utilities as they navigate the clean energy transition, along with decarbonization and affordability, it’s become an increasingly hard pillar to deliver on, especially as growing peak demand becomes a year-round consideration. This past summer we’ve already seen large portions […]
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Electrification
The Need for Consumer Engagement in the Transition to Clean Energy
To state it simply, current decarbonization goals cannot happen without deeper engagement between utilities and their customers, and utilities are not yet truly harnessing the potential that their customers bring. In order to begin to realize this wholesale shift from customers as “load” to customers as “resource,” utilities must facilitate customer participation in energy-saving initiatives […]
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Electrification
The Impact of EV Charging on the Grid
Tesla owners pulling up to plug in at specific Supercharger locations in the U.S. will soon be met with an unfamiliar sight: electric vehicles (EVs) from other car companies, parked in and charging at spots previously compatible just for a Tesla. COMMENTARY General Motors, Rivian, and Ford have all recently announced partnerships with Tesla to […]
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Connected Plant
Utilizing Data Is Key for Top Grid, Power Plant Performance
The wealth of data available for today’s power generators is supporting more efficient electricity production, and more reliability and resiliency for the grid. There are many reasons utilities and power
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Commentary
Gaining Consumer Trust to Enter the Home Energy Ecosystem
While homeowners are increasingly eager to both save money and conserve energy, when it comes to allowing outside entities to enter their lives and help them manage energy decisions in order to accomplish these goals, the picture is more complicated. Trends, including the electrification of everything and an increasing need to manage energy consumption at […]
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Instrumentation & Controls
How Utilities Can Solve ‘Time of Use’ Rate Rollout Puzzle in Just Three Steps
In a constantly plugged-in world, people rely on always available and uninterrupted electricity, now more than ever. While the electric industry has invested significantly to meet customers’ demand on the grid, utilities increasingly turn to their customers to provide reliable, cost-effective grid services with customer-sited distributed energy resources (DERs) like energy storage and demand response. […]
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News
Uplight Acquires Agentis to Support Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency for Businesses
A software company that helps businesses with their decarbonization efforts is acquiring a competitor focused on supporting businesses in their engagement with utilities. Uplight, a technology partner for energy providers, on Oct. 27 announced it is acquiring Agentis, which provides digital energy analytics for non-residential power consumers, primarily focused on energy efficiency. The companies on […]
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Press Releases
Uplight and AES to Transform Customers’ Energy Experience While Achieving Greater Efficiency and Cost Savings
Partnership will reshape how AES’ 2.5 Million customers manage their energy use June 23, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uplight and The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) today announced a new partnership that will transform how AES customers engage with their energy provider and manage their energy use. The partnership will allow AES and […]
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