Smart Energy Insights

Malcolm Smith, CEO at DR2, offers insight into the barriers and opportunities currently impacting energy management:

What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?

Getting energy retailers comfortable with the strategic shift toward non-commodity offerings. The leaders of the retail energy industry are all doing it, but it's still a strategic shift.

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Parks Associates welcomes and thanks Tendril for becoming a sponsor of the annual Smart Energy Summit, held this year in Austin February 16-18.

Tendril's Debbie Kimberly, VP, Customer Energy Solutions, will also be participating in the session "Utility Perspectives: Market Impact of New Business Models" alonside speakers from Austin Energy, Simple Energy, Schneider Electric, and the U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday, February 17 at 9:00am.

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Parks Associates welcomes and thanks Emerson for sponsoring the 2015 Smart Energy Summit in Austin.

Jacob Nielson, Business Development Leader at Emerson will be participating on the panel discussion "Building Energy Management Offerings through Smart Devices and Services" on Tuesday, February 17 at 1:00pm. Other speakers on the panel include Honeywell, Nest, Rheem, and Sprint.

Emerson is a FORTUNE 120 global technology company where consumer insights and engineering com ...read more

Martha Amram, Founder and CEO at WattzOn, discusses the challenges the smart energy market is facing:

What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?

Actually, the market is getting much better. In the past the key challenge was consumer distraction due to the Great Recession, and lack of clarity around viable business models. Both have sorted themselves out. There is a sizable early adopter mark ...read more

Christopher Kotting, Executive Director at USNAP Alliance, answers industry questions prior to speaking at Smart Energy Summit in February:

What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?

As an industry alliance devoted to open standards, the largest challenge is the suppliers of consumer products being overly focused on the question of how their company will fare next quarter and maybe next year ...read more

Emmett Romine, General Manager Development for DTE Energy, responds to the industry question:“What are the major barriers impacting consumer adoption of energy related products and services?”

One of the key issues for consumer adoption is creating an experience that has a net positive value proposition for a broad base of consumers. Most solutions are niche, require too much time to set up, maintain and troubleshoot, and don't make enough of an impact on their lifestyle. In ...read more

Parks Associates sends a warm welcome and big thank you to PlanetEcosystems for sponsoring the 2015 Smart Energy Summit as an Event Sponsor. This year's executive conference will be held at the Four Seasons in Austin, TX, Feb 16-18.

V. Rory Jones, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at PlanetEcosystems will be participating on the panel "Consumer Engagement Strategies: IoT and Energy Value Proposition," taking place February 17 at 11:00am. Other speakers on the panel incl ...read more

Paul Wattles, Sr. Analyst, Market Design & Development at Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), offers insight into the barriers and opportunities currently impacting energy management:

What are the major barriers impacting consumer adoption of energy related products and services?

Low-cost electricity, the result of low natural gas prices, dilutes the business case for energy management and DR. Also, in the areas of ERCOT open to competitive choice, aggressive ...read more