Tesla-SolarCity merger: a utility’s worst nightmare or sweetest dream?

Brian Boler | Nov 1, 2016

On November 17, 2016, shareholders will vote on whether to approve the merger of Tesla and SolarCity. If approved, this merger would bundle together a triangle of disruptive distributed energy resources (DERs): rooftop solar, electric vehicles and battery storage. The...

How one utility is advancing DER workflow management: Tucson Electric Power’s story

Scott Tewel | Oct 31, 2016

In a recent webinar survey, 94% of utility respondents indicated that email is used to trigger interconnection project reviews across departments. While email is an excellent notification tool, it’s an ineffective task management solution. When email is used for task...

Electric vehicles provide large GHG reductions in Minnesota

Dane McFarlane | Oct 24, 2016

This week’s blog post is a contribution from our guest author Dane McFarlane, of Great Plains Institute (GPI) and was originally published on GPI’s Better Energy, Better World. To learn more about how Clean Power Research is helping customers understand the...

Net metering changes: An opportunity to improve customer satisfaction

Gavin Novotny | Oct 4, 2016

Electric utilities are introducing new rate designs for mass-market (residential and small commercial) customers to better align with costs to serve and to encourage energy use habits that benefit the grid. However, with innovative rate designs utilities can achieve...

100K applications in PowerClerk Interconnect & 500K in all PowerClerk products

Scott Tewel | Sep 29, 2016

The proliferation of distributed energy resource (DER) adoption, particularly solar, across the U.S. in recent years has led to a common pattern of records being set for utilities, installers and more. Along those lines, last week marked an important achievement for...

Decarbonizing transportation – Enter the electric utility superhero

Mark Liffmann | Sep 26, 2016

A funny thing happened this year that hasn’t happened for a very long time. I am not talking about Leicester City winning the Premier League or the Cleveland Cavaliers knocking off the heavily favored Golden State Warriors. I am not even talking about the U.S. Women’s...