A quarter of all U.S. households and two-thirds of low-income households have high energy burdens, meaning they spend more than 6 percent of their annual income on energy costs, and two out of five low-income households have severe energy burdens, meaning that they...
Energy Efficiency
Utilities Lead in Building Out EV Charging Networks
by Peter Buttrick | Feb 11, 2022
One of the biggest obstacles to wider adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is range anxiety and “charging deserts,” or disadvantaged areas where public charging stations are not readily available. Currently, there are 113,500 public charging outlets and 46,290 stations...
Heat Pumps: What Misconceptions Do Homeowners Have?
by Peter Buttrick | Jan 12, 2022
Heat pumps are misunderstood by many homeowners – many still believe that they do not adequately heat homes or know very little about them. Heat pumps are more energy efficient, because they move warm air from one space to another instead of generating cold or hot...
Electric Vehicles Expand Energy Equity Opportunities
by Peter Buttrick | 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 Gas Utilities Thrive and Grow in an Environment of Decarbonization?
by Bob Stoyko | Jul 27, 2021
Natural gas utilities are working towards decarbonization, building from a long history of growing their customer 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...
Gas and Electric Utilities Have Important Roles in Decarbonized Energy
by HomeServe USA | Jul 16, 2021
The power generation sector has made great strides in creating decarbonized energy, with transportation overtaking the power generation sector as the largest CO2 producer in 2017. This change did not occur as a result of transportation emissions increasing or...
CenterPoint Energy Foundation and company vendors and suppliers contribute more than $3 million to support severe winter weather relief and recovery efforts
by HomeServe USA | Jun 28, 2021
Published by CenterPoint Energy CenterPoint Energy Foundation and company vendors and suppliers contribute more than $3 million to support severe winter weather relief and recovery efforts Houston-Harris County Winter Storm Relief Fund is helping the most vulnerable...
Electric Vehicle Fleet Education: Partnering with Transportation Owners
by HomeServe USA | 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 HomeServe USA | Mar 25, 2021
Not only is CCUS good for the environment, but it’s good for the economy – from the supply chain for the energy industry to supported industries such as carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery, CCUS maintains current jobs and creates new ones. Since the U.S. is a leader in CCUS technology, U.S.-based utilities stand to play a significant global role in clean energy.
HomeServe and CenterPoint Energy Launch New Coverage for Electric Vehicle Home Charging Protection Plan
by HomeServe USA | Mar 23, 2021
NORWALK, CT (March 24, 2021) – HomeServe and CenterPoint Energy are working together to launch an industry first product now available to CenterPoint's Texas customers. Building on a current repair service plan from HomeServe that covers problems with CenterPoint...
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