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Energy Efficiency: Why Are Some Homeowners Unengaged?

Energy Efficiency: Why Are Some Homeowners Unengaged?

Energy efficiency is an important part of many cooperatives’ demand-side management and outreach efforts, but your message may be ignored, or your member simply may not be able afford the repairs, replacements or upgrades needed to make their homes more energy...

Engaging with Millennials: Why It Matters

Engaging with Millennials: Why It Matters

Millennials are spending more than $65 billion each year and influencing up to $1 trillion. By 2025, Millennials will make up to 75 percent of the workforce, as the next largest generation, the Baby Boomers, retire in droves. This means their buying power will only...

Roundtable Offers Member Engagement Solutions

Roundtable Offers Member Engagement Solutions

HomeServe will host “Innovation in the New Era of Member Engagement,” a roundtable for cooperative energy utilities, on December 2 at 2 pm. The panel will explore the intersection of technology and member engagement as well as best practices for engaging with...

You Shouldn’t DIY Home Repairs in These Six Areas

You Shouldn’t DIY Home Repairs in These Six Areas

While there are many places for homeowners to cut costs with simple DIY home repairs, with some projects there are safety risks and a potential for creating an expensive problem.  Here are some DIY home repairs homeowners should not attempt to do. 1. Electrical...

Your Customers’ Real World Experiences

Your Customers’ Real World Experiences

Utilities in the US are in the midst of the most challenging yet potentially exciting time in their long history. The combination of deregulation and increased efficiency is causing utilities to look inward at how they can strengthen customer relationships. A white...

Economic Shock Poses Problem for Millennials

Economic Shock Poses Problem for Millennials

Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest generation currently in the workforce, and the oldest members of the generation are staring down 40. They also make up a significant component of the energy consumer market. Also, they’re more vulnerable to...

Solar Energy: A Path to the Future

Solar Energy: A Path to the Future

Solar energy prices have seen a sustained decrease – it once cost 20 times as much as coal to generate the same amount of energy with solar panels. However, the price dropped by more than 90 percent and is now comparable to fossil fuels. Solar distributed energy...

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LMI Households Face Obstacles to Achieving Energy Efficiency

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,...

Energy Efficiency: Why Are Some Homeowners Unengaged?

Energy efficiency is an important part of many cooperatives’ demand-side management and outreach efforts, but your message may be ignored, or your member simply may not be able afford the repairs, replacements or upgrades needed to make their homes more energy...

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