DOE recently announced the creation of a new working group to focus on customer engagement. The purpose of the working group is to develop a best practices guide in the following areas:

  • Resource Planning
  • Stakeholder Relations
  • Regulatory Communications
  • Research and Metrics
  • Customer Advocacy
  • IT and Technology
  • Marketing Communications
  • Finance

The presentation from the first conference

The Department of Energy recently announced that NuMat Technologies from Northwestern University won the first-ever DOE National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. As the winning team, Northwestern University was awarded $180,000, which includes seed money for its business plan and additional prizes from sponsors, including technical, design and legal assistance. NuMat Technologies presented a plan

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SunShot Initiative issued a request for information (“RFI”) seeking feedback from installers; utilities; manufacturers; state, municipal, and local governments; financial institutions; and other stakeholders regarding methods to dramatically drive down the price of residential solar energy systems. The RFI contains a dozen questions that when answered, DOE believes will

Last week, officials from the Energy Department, the White House and the Department of Homeland Security met with senior leaders from across the electric sector to launch an initiative to better protect the nation’s electric grid. Over a dozen electric utilities and grid operators are expected to participate in the pilot program to test the

Despite having approved Central Maine Power’s (CMP’s) Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) plan in February 2010 as a program designed to “improve customer service, enhance storm restoration efforts, reduce utility operational costs, save ratepayer and utility costs, and ultimately provide customers with necessary tools to use electricity more efficiently,” on January 4, 2011, the Maine