This year’s DISTRIBUTECH International conference brought together industry thought leaders, utilities, government, and solution providers to engage on trending topics that will move the industry forward, and HomeServe had the opportunity to attend sessions and engage...
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Energy Industry Events Reveal Dire Utility Need
by Peter Buttrick | Mar 8, 2024
In September, leaders from HomeServe presented at two conferences. While the topics and audiences were quite different, a common theme that emerged was the critical need for strategies and solutions to address the skilled trades gap, to ensure continuity and customer...
Increase In Extreme Cold Events Posing New Challenges for Energy Utilities
by Peter Buttrick | Feb 13, 2024
While it’s intuitive to link the warming of the planet with hotter and longer heatwaves, longer droughts, more wildfires, and heavier rain, the link is less obvious when it comes to an increase in extreme cold events across North America, particularly in areas that...
This Infrastructure Week, We Can’t Forget About Residential Infrastructure
by Bill Eller | May 12, 2023
Norwalk, Connecticut – [DATE] – Every year during the third week of May – National Infrastructure Week – a little extra attention gets paid to the state of America’s infrastructure. This includes everything from airports, bridges and roads to drinking water,...
Infrastructure Week 2023
by HomeServe USA | May 11, 2023
Happy Infrastructure Week! We will be adding new infrastructure information, statistics, and more every day, so don’t forget to check back.Over the Last 5 YearsPeople StoriesItzel Perez Dominguez considered the purchase of a home – her first – carefully. She knew...
Climate Change Will Cost Utilities Millions if Not Addressed
by Peter Buttrick | Sep 19, 2022
Climate change spells lowered efficiency, increased expenses and more outages – the only thing customers dislike more than rate increases – and as the demand for energy increases, the problems around climate change only loom larger. The decade between 2000 to 2010 was...
Utility Solutions
by HomeServe USA | Jun 6, 2022
Partners who have launched a home solutions program with HomeServe can generate revenue to help subsidize and advance utility objectives, including demand-side management and low-to-moderate-income (LMI) initiatives. They also report overall increased customer...
Electric Resiliency Plans
by HomeServe USA | Apr 12, 2022
Your customers' safety, comfort and convenience are dependent on electric power, however, power outages are inevitable. HomeServe offers home protection plans that help expedite reconnection and even help cover damage from weather related incidents so that your...
Gas Resiliency Plans
by HomeServe USA | Apr 12, 2022
Unexpected problems with gas lines can happen at any time causing inefficient or no heat and hot water, unpleasant odors and problems with gas appliances. These repairs can be costly and time consuming and can overburden utility call centers when issues arise at the...
Severe Energy Burdens Weigh Heavily on Low-to-Moderate Income Households
by Peter Buttrick | Mar 11, 2022
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...
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2024 DISTRIBUTECH International Presents Key Industry Themes
This year’s DISTRIBUTECH International conference brought together industry thought leaders, utilities, government, and solution providers to engage on trending topics that will move the industry forward, and HomeServe had the opportunity to attend sessions and engage...
Energy Industry Events Reveal Dire Utility Need
In September, leaders from HomeServe presented at two conferences. While the topics and audiences were quite different, a common theme that emerged was the critical need for strategies and solutions to address the skilled trades gap, to ensure continuity and customer...
Increase In Extreme Cold Events Posing New Challenges for Energy Utilities
While it’s intuitive to link the warming of the planet with hotter and longer heatwaves, longer droughts, more wildfires, and heavier rain, the link is less obvious when it comes to an increase in extreme cold events across North America, particularly in areas that...