Smart Energy Insights

Alan Shaffer, Deputy General Manager at Lakeland Electric, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Designing rates that work for our customers and our utility and then communicating those options to our customers in a way that they can truly understand to make educated decisions.

Alan Shaffer is speaking at the Smart Energy Summit on Tuesday, February 1 ...read more

Ted Fagenson of EcoFactor responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Inexpensive connected devices that provide the data collection necessary to generate consumer value.

Ted Fagenson is speaking at the Smary Energy Summit on Tuesday, February 18. He is part of the session, "Energy Management Programs: How to Engage the Apathetic Customer." Other companies ...read more

During the fifth-annual Smart Energy Summit, speakers from Alarm.com, iControl Networks, Lowe's, and Time Warner Cable will visit this topic in a session on February 18, examining the partnership opportunities that will expand energy management capabilities to the mass market.

Smart home devices are increasing in popularity as consumers realize the benefits and convenience these products have to offer. However, Parks Associates research finds that while consumers are interested ...read more

Gene Wang, CEO of People Power, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Getting timely whole home data from the utilities is still challenging.  Even though People Power has been active in Green Button, and our Chief Scientist John Teeter is now the Presidential Innovations Fellow driving Green Button initiatives for the White House, we still need to inst ...read more

Scott Burns, Director of Product Innovation at Reliant, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

For Reliant, the biggest challenge we face is helping customers understand new ways of managing their energy, given the deluge of information they receive on a daily - or even hourly - basis. We continue to seek new ways for engaging customers directly to ...read more

Joe Jankosky, Director of Intelligent Home Vertical Markets at Time Warner Cable, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Proving the business case and demonstrating true value for the customer. Perfecting the customer experience, so it's simple, seamless and secure. Demonstrating a win-win for the customer, service provider and utility, if applicable.

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There is no arguing that energy management and energy conservation are important and valuable. But how can utility companies convince consumers that this is true? Parks Associates research indicates that the leading factors in driving consumers to embrace energy management programs are convenience and time saved.

In the opening session at Smart Energy Summit on February 18, representatives from Duke Energy, EcoFactor, Reliant, TXU Energy, and Vivint will address success stor ...read more

Joseph Franz, Strategic Channel Partnership Development at Constellation, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Most challenging issue is the lack of value that utilities attribute to residential energy management. A few utilities like Con-Ed have launched programs that capture the value that residential energy management can deliver tothe distribution ...read more