Low- and Middle-Income (LMI) households have historically faced obstacles to becoming more energy efficient, despite the outsized impact efficiency measures would have for this population. Low-income households pay more than 7 percent of their income on energy bills,...
Infrastructure
Electric Vehicles Expand Energy Equity Opportunities
by Kimberly Dailey | Nov 9, 2021
The transportation sector has been the largest CO2 producer in the United States since 2017 when it surpassed power generation, a sector which reduced CO2 emissions through the switch from coal to natural gas and growth in renewables. Transportation is currently...
Can Cooperatives Thrive and Grow in an Environment of Decarbonization?
by Bob Stoyko | Aug 12, 2021
Natural gas cooperatives have a long history of growing their member base by promoting the virtues of natural gas when compared to other energy options: natural gas is clean-burning, energy efficient and cost effective. The expanding concerns about climate change and...
Extreme Weather, Aging Infrastructure Result in Power Outages
by Kimberly Dailey | Jul 9, 2021
Climate change has increased average temperatures, increased the occurrence and length of heat waves, increased drought conditions and increased extreme one-day precipitation events, and those conditions have stressed an already aging electrical grid, causing power...
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
by bstickle | May 20, 2021
Cooperatives Can Now Deliver Peace of Mind to the EV Member ExperienceElectric Vehicle adoption is expected to accelerate, with more than 20 percent of annual vehicle sales expected to be EVs by 2030. As more EVs enter the market, more of your members will be...
Electric Vehicle Fleet Education: Partnering with Transportation Owners
by Kimberly Dailey | Apr 12, 2021
Although electric vehicles (EVs) are primarily marketed toward individual drivers, targeting information at commercial fleet managers can be very impactful in the proliferation of consumer EV ownership. With the U.S. pledging to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by...
Natural Gas Leads Energy Industry in Decarbonization
by Kimberly Dailey | Mar 25, 2021
Natural gas is shrinking the energy industry’s emissions, while utilities continue to improve decarbonization efforts with innovative processes and technological advances. Natural gas has been playing an understated role in limiting climate change by becoming the...
Energy Resilience Difficult for Some Homeowners
by Kimberly Dailey | Jan 15, 2021
Energy resilience, while vitally important, is becoming more and more challenging in the face of increased extreme weather events which are projected to cause more frequent and longer power outages. The COVID-19 pandemic is further compounding resiliency issues for...
Demand Side Management, Energy Efficiency, Electric Vehicles and More
by Kimberly Dailey | Oct 28, 2020
In this is time of unusual challenges and opportunities for utilities, a recent roundtable hosted by HomeServe explored a number of issues facing the industry today. “How are Utilities, Regulators and Customers Planning for a Changing Environment?” featured a panel of...
Free Roundtable: Planning for a Changing Environment
by Kimberly Dailey | Sep 4, 2020
The one thing we can depend on in the energy industry right now is change – from the proliferation of DERs to concerns about cybersecurity, the industry hasn’t seen such turmoil since its beginnings. In this changing environment, utilities, regulators and even...
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HomeServe Celebrates 20 Years of Serving Homeowners and Enhancing Communities
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Electric Vehicle Charger Installation
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Aging Fuse Box Danger Replaced Through EnergyUnited and HomeServe Partnership
Charles M. of Asheboro, North Carolina, watched as a young couple he knew built a home across the street from his own. An older adult, he and his wife were dealing with some health issues and were on fixed incomes, but that was not what kept Charles up at night. It...