Posted November 16, 2022

November 16, 2022 -- PLMA, the voice of energy load management practitioners, hosted its 46th conference this week in Phoenix, Arizona and elected eight Executive Committee members to serve as its governing body for 2022 to 2024. Elected by PLMA’s Board of Directors, the Executive Committee includes:

Kari Binley, ecobee Joyce Bodoh, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative; Justin Chamberlain, CPS Energy; Allison Hamilton, NRECA; Olivia Patterson, Opinion Dynamics; Jenny Roehm, Schneider Electric; Amy Schmidt, E Source; Eamonn Urey, Salt River Project.

With record attendance of over 360 load management practitioners from across North America, the three-day conference opened with a keynote presentation by Jacob Tetlow, Executive Vice President of Arizona Public Service and included 25 interactive learning sessions on decarbonization, EVs and managed charging, construction and Grid Enabled Buildings and Connected Communities, retail pricing, emergency programs, and more.

In addition, PLMA also launched an ambitious new Strategic Plan to address four key issues within the load management space: DERs as a Grid Resource; Decarbonization through Load Management; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and EV Impacts to the Grid.

Now in its 23rd year, PLMA continues to serve as the voice of load management professionals, hosting two national conferences annually, as well as ongoing training classes, webinars, and podcasts. It offers a collaborative and supportive professional community for its worldwide members and stakeholders.

Posted November 16, 2022

Hi, we are ecobee. 

Who’ll You Be Joining:  

You will be joining an amazing team of energy professionals and marketers that exude authenticity, creativity, and are focused on delivering impact. We will challenge you to learn and grow to your fullest, push you to amplify what matters to our clients, customers, their family and the planet -and we expect that you will push us to do the same. 

You are a strategic, analytical and enthusiastic individual that thrives on developing, executing, and refining marketing plans – and you’re passionate about the North American energy sector.

You will develop marketing strategies to increase adoption of our technology, support new product and services launches, coordinate advertising campaigns to increase the awareness and conversion of rebate programs, oversee product promotions and contribute to developing a promotional pricing and execution strategy, and help us communicate to the industry the exceptional things we’re doing. For all facets of the role, you will be analyzing and reporting on the results to make strategic recommendations to the Marketing and Energy departments on an on-going basis.

CLICK HERE to read the full job posting and apply.

Posted November 10, 2022

Opinion Dynamics seeks a new team member who is passionate about bringing analytical solutions to decarbonizing the energy sector. Our ideal candidate will bring a strong quantitative skillset at the cross-section of data science, statistics, and econometrics, and be comfortable with causal inference. They will have demonstrated applied experience in those disciplines, will be able to effectively navigate the dynamic environment of a consulting firm, and be excited to work with a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, statisticians, quantitative analysts, and data engineers.

The Data Analytics group is a dynamic and tightly knit team of individuals from a range of backgrounds working closely together on analytically challenging and methodologically innovative consulting, advising, and research projects to support emerging needs in the clean energy space.

You will support analytic design and deploy a range of statistical and econometric models to quantify energy impacts and forecast potential for clean energy interventions, including energy efficiency, demand response, electric vehicles, and other distributed energy resources. Your work will span a range of data streams including interval energy consumption data, utility bill data, device telemetry data, customer data, data from secondary sources such as census, and data collected through primary data collection efforts, including equipment usage metering and submetering.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A degree in economics, statistics, data science, quantitative social science, political science, or related field with demonstrated quantitative and analytic academic curriculum. Advanced degree is preferred
• Two or more years’ work experience conducting quantitative analysis focused on causal inference, econometric modeling, statistical regression analysis, forecasting, including model evaluation and validation best practices
• Strong programming skills in Python or R
• Passionate about clean energy and desire to advance adoption of clean energy solutions with the help of creative data analytics
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated track-record of thinking critically about your work and clearly communicating with other project staff and managers about your work
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate with clients as well as people at all levels of statistical knowledge in our organization
• Ability to juggle and prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously and flexibly

CLICK HERE to read the full job description and to apply.

Posted November 7, 2022

New York, November 3, 2022 – As extreme heat put electrical infrastructure to the test across North America again this summer, utilities and their customers showed they can step up and support grid reliability when it matters most. 

Households and businesses across the continent worked with EnergyHub client utilities to manage 1.3 GW of flexibility from 900,000+ devices, reducing grid load at critical times. In total, EnergyHub utilities called 1,376 events during the summer of 2022, an 83% increase over 2021.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this summer was the third warmest on record. Against this backdrop, customers of EnergyHub’s 60+ utility clients participated in distributed energy resource (DER) programs to keep the lights on, the A/C working, and accelerate the decarbonization of our power system - all without the need for expensive infrastructure investment.

Utility customers deliver grid reliability from coast to coast

Utilities running those nearly 1,400 events shifted 8.5 GWh out of peak times, reinforcing DER programs’ position as a valuable part of the resource stack. This summer alone, six clients called events over 50 MW and one client - Salt River Project - called multiple 130+ MW events.

Erika Diamond, Head of Customer Solutions at EnergyHub, emphasized the importance of flexible load in utility resource planning, saying: “I’m proud of our work with our utility clients and their customers to deliver a reliable grid this summer. This massive resource supports grid resilience and decarbonization goals while customers simultaneously benefit from financial incentives and increased service reliability.”

Keeping the lights on across the West

From August 29th to September 7th, the entire Western electrical grid faced continuous stress due to record-setting heat. After days of exceptionally high demand for electricity, California issued a state-wide emergency SMS alert, asking consumers to prevent blackouts by conserving energy. 

CLICK HERE to read the full press release.