Piclo Job Opportunity: Senior Market Development Manager (US)
Posted September 20, 2024
Who we are looking for
Piclo is seeking a Senior Market Development Manager to grow our presence and drive a marketplace approach to flexibility. This person will be responsible for:
- Analyzing and participating in key policy and regulatory developments at a federal level and across target states, including identifying impacts, opportunities and risks to Piclo’s business development, operations or product design
- Developing a detailed understanding of regulatory incentive mechanisms for flexibility in key states (e.g. utility cost recovery)
- Developing a detailed understanding of how Distributed Energy Resources can access different markets and programs (for example, wholesale markets, or utility DER programs)
- Growing Piclo’s presence at events, trade associations, industry work streams
- Being the US electricity market design expert and contributing to Piclo being a market and thought leader in the US energy market
- Communicating our position on policy, regulatory and market topics via channels such as blogs, thought leadership, industry events or consultations, plus working in tandem with marketing to shape and grow our presence.
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NW Natural Job Opportunity: Peak Load Analyst 2 or 3
Posted September 12, 2024
The Role:
This position plays a key role in shaping the transformation of NW Natural as we seek to use innovative approaches to helping reduce the need for capacity infrastructure investments while maintaining reliability and affordability for customers and reducing our impact on the environment. The successful candidate thinks out of the box and develops programs that can optimize energy usage during peak demand periods, can lead complex quantitative and qualitative analyses to help develop, execute and evaluate the performance of programs and do so whilst keeping the customer centered. This position would be part of the Integrated Resource Team and requires the ability to work closely with other departments such as Customer Life Cycle, Engineering, Regulatory and others whilst balancing multiple projects, and deadlines. In this role, you would use your knowledge of various analyses including cost-effectiveness tests such as total resource cost and utility cost test, measurement and verification, break-even, triple-bottom line, financial, and regulatory impact analysis in addition to help analyze trends, validate predictive models, and improve and inform strategic business decisions. This position also would leverage your communication skills to present and communicate complex analyses to nontechnical audience in an effective manner.
- Work with Engineering to identify areas that could benefit from Peak Load Management programs.
- Develop and implement strategies to efficiently manage peak load demand primarily through the use of non-pipeline demand side solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and execute load management programs.
- Evaluate, measure and verify the performance of peak load management programs using data collected pre and post implementation (e.g., cost-effectiveness, peak hour and day therms savings, etc...).
- Monitor program development and energy consumption dynamics and identify opportunities for dispatching peak load management events.
- Coordinate with utility partners, regulators, and stakeholders to ensure compliance with load management goals.
- Analyze data and trends to forecast peak demand and allocate resources effectively.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of load reduction initiatives and recommend improvements.
- Work with Customer Lifecyle Management which lead outreach efforts to educate customers about load management programs and incentives.
- Manage program budgets, contracts, and vendor relationships.
- Along with the Sr. Economist, be the company Subject Matter Expert on NPA and stay informed about industry trends, regulations, and emerging technologies related to load management.
- Contributes technical analyses to the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and other reports as needed including preparing graphics and presentations in Technical Working Groups and other public meetings.
- Evaluates equity considerations and supports environmental justice initiatives with technical analyses.
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Lumin Edge Named Winner of 2024 Integrated Home Competition
Lumin Edge, set to launch by the end of 2024, was recognized for its potential impact on utilities, especially for demand response programs and virtual power plants.
Posted September 12, 2024
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, September 11, 2024 – Lumin, a leading provider of responsive energy management solutions, was recognized by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) as one of five winners in the 2024 Integrated Home Competition for its residential load control platform, Lumin Edge. As utilities grapple with increasing strains on electric demand, Lumin Edge’s intelligent load management, behind-the-meter analytics and scalable modular design provide a cost-effective solution to bolster grid resilience. The platform enhances the impact of demand response programs, helping grid operators prevent blackouts while compensating homeowners for supporting the grid.
Lumin Edge’s innovative modular design allows one Edge Hub to manage a customizable number of Edge Controllers, offering flexible installation and universal compatibility with any service panel or appliance. Its circuit-level responsiveness and high-resolution insights enable utilities to get more from their demand response programs, improving grid reliability and the customer experience. It seamlessly integrates with grid management platforms for significant cost savings and can be deployed at scale.
The judges were impressed with Lumin Edge’s potential benefits for grid operators, including use in demand response programs and virtual power plants. They noted how the platform would be great for managing larger loads such as water heaters, heat pumps and EV chargers.
“We are honored and grateful to the CEE for recognizing Lumin Edge as a winner in the Integrated Home Competition, reaffirming our commitment to developing impactful technologies that support a cleaner and more reliable energy grid,” said Alex Bazhinov, Founder and President of Lumin. “As electrification accelerates, we will continue to pioneer innovative energy management solutions that advance a stable and equitable energy transition.”
This award marks the second consecutive year the company has been honored in the competition. In 2023, the Lumin Smart Panel received an honorable mention from CEE for offering a universally compatible, retrofit-ready load management platform. The judges praised the platform as “a great retrofit option that truly fits the vision of the Integrated Home.”
Learn more about Lumin Edge at luminsmart.com/lumin-edge.
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TeraHive Partners with Lumin to Enhance Battery Backup Performance
New product integration offers homeowners greater control and transparency over their energy storage
Posted September 12, 2024
MILPITAS, Calif. – September 10, 2024 – TeraHive, specializing in intelligent energy management solutions, today announced it is partnering with responsive energy pioneer Lumin to improve power outage protection. TeraHive’s Energy Suite will integrate with the Lumin Smart Panel to enhance home battery power backup solutions. By enabling the ability to read and respond to the battery’s state of charge, the Lumin Smart Panel grants TeraHive homeowners’ greater control and transparency over their energy storage.
Lumin developed the Lumin Smart Panel and Lumin App to turn ordinary electrical circuits into smart circuits. TeraHive batteries will be displayed inside the Lumin App, indicating the battery’s state of charge. As a result, homeowners can control how their battery use is handled during a power outage, allowing prioritization over which circuits remain operating and for how long.
“We are committed to giving homeowners greater control over their energy use. By integrating with TeraHive’s Energy Suite, Lumin provides customers with greater control, comfort and security,” said Lumin Founder and President Alex Bazhinov. “TeraHive’s AI-based solution complements the Lumin Smart Panel, intelligently empowering our customers to keep critical appliances and systems operating during an outage.”
The TeraHive Energy Suite is an AI-powered home energy management system that stores and optimizes energy for use, maximizes savings and makes whole-home backup protection possible. By integrating with Lumin’s solutions, homeowners can set preferences on how battery power is used during an outage or peak grid pricing.
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