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Demand Response – Is it for you? (SPURR DR Series Follow Up)

Demand Response plays a vital role in supporting cleaner and more reliable electricity across California as our grid evolves. It also represents both savings and revenue opportunities for facilities that can participate. We hope you learned something from our email series that highlighted the main benefits and common misconceptions involving Demand Response.Still wondering whether it’s for you? Take our survey below or

by Michael Rochman in Uncategorized

School Districts Investigate “Community Wi-Fi” to Improve Access

School districts and cities are laying down the fiber cable and installing Wi-Fi access points, complete with modems and routers on light poles and traffic lights. Some are even becoming internet service providers themselves (ISP) — efforts, they say, that will make it easier to provide internet access to those who can’t afford it. Learn more: California schools build local

by Michael Rochman in Education, News

Wildfires led to PG&E bankruptcy and increased rates. Should customers of other utilities be worried?

In early 2019, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after fires caused by its powerlines burned hundreds of thousands of acres in Northern California and led to more than 100 deaths. It paid out $25.5 billion to resolve its fire-related liabilities, and expects to spend $11.7 billion on strategies to mitigate wildfire risk. And now, PG&E’s equipment is once again

by Michael Rochman in News

Demand Response – It’s Worth It! (SPURR DR Series 3 of 3)

With no upfront costs, now is the time to add Automated Demand Response to your energy management strategy. With little to no noticeable effect on your operations, you can generate significant revenue streams. ADR is an easy way to increase energy and cost savings by automating the energy controls of your choice, no matter what industry sector you’re in. If

by Michael Rochman in Demand Response

Demand Response – It’s Not Hard! (SPURR DR Series 2 of 3)

Say goodbye to manual response and extra work. We enable flexible and practical ways to automate Demand Response while still being in control. Automated Demand Response is an easy way to increase energy and cost savings by automating the energy controls of your choice, no matter what industry sector you’re inIf you are interested in learning more about how can benefit from available utility

by Michael Rochman in Demand Response

Want to Make Energy-Efficient Improvements, but Need Help Financing?

Improving energy efficiency is a goal for virtually all public agencies in California — but many of those same agencies also view installing energy efficient equipment as cost-prohibitive. Want to make energy-efficient improvements, but need help financing? You may qualify for On-Bill Financing Program (OBF) programs, which are offered to most California electricity customers by their local utility and are funded

by Michael Rochman in LED

Demand Response – Someone Else Will Pay For It! (SPURR DR Series 1 of 3)

Did you know that in many cases you can have Automated Demand Response technology installed at your facilities at no cost to you? If you qualify, you could be set up and ready to enjoy an additional revenue stream for before next summer. For the time being, California utilities are still offering lucrative incentives to cover the cost of installing ADR

by Michael Rochman in Demand Response

SPURR Winning Solar Vendor Signs Agreements with City of Fresno

The City of Fresno has signed agreements with ForeFront Power, a California-based solar and energy storage developer, to implement renewable energy projects across the city. The city selected ForeFront Power for the projects based on the selection of ForeFront as the winning vendor in SPURR’s Renewable Energy Aggregated Procurement (REAP) Program. The City used the REAP Program to save time and money

by Michael Rochman in Energy, News

CPUC imposes largest ever penalty of $1.9B on PG&E for Northern California wildfires

The CPUC opened an official investigation into PG&E’s role in sparking wildfires in Northern California in mid-2019, after the agency’s safety division identified numerous instances in which the utility’s operations violated rules and regulations. The fires collectively burned hundreds of thousands of acres and led to 129 fatalities. Read more…

by Michael Rochman in News, Utility

Judge calls PG&E vegetation work ‘sloppy and unreliable,’ imposes new conditions on the utility

Vegetation management is part of wider wildfire mitigation efforts by PG&E. The utility has pushed back on Alsup’s insistence that it provide more details of its plans to expand its vegetation efforts, last month telling the judge it could not commit to contracting a specific number of tree-workers by a future date. Alsup also quizzed PG&E’s lawyers on the utility’s vegetation management

by Michael Rochman in News, Utility

Demand Response – Is it for you? (SPURR DR Series Follow Up)

School Districts Investigate “Community Wi-Fi” to Improve Access

Wildfires led to PG&E bankruptcy and increased rates. Should customers of other utilities be worried?

Demand Response – It’s Worth It! (SPURR DR Series 3 of 3)

Demand Response – It’s Not Hard! (SPURR DR Series 2 of 3)

Want to Make Energy-Efficient Improvements, but Need Help Financing?

Demand Response – Someone Else Will Pay For It! (SPURR DR Series 1 of 3)

SPURR Winning Solar Vendor Signs Agreements with City of Fresno

CPUC imposes largest ever penalty of $1.9B on PG&E for Northern California wildfires

Judge calls PG&E vegetation work ‘sloppy and unreliable,’ imposes new conditions on the utility

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