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Oakland, Calif. (October 26, 2017) UtilityAPI, an enterprise software company that is accelerating the shift to a clean energy economy, announced today that Co-founder and CEO/CTO, Daniel Roesler has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Green Button Alliance (GBA). The Green Button Alliance’s board consists of U.S. and international energy industry leaders who collaborate to accelerate the delivery of energy and water usage data technologies that enable businesses and consumers to easily access their consumption data in a standardized and secure format for the optimal management of their resource use. With growing demand for data from energy efficiency and renewable projects, UtilityAPI provides the quickest and most secure way to obtain usage and billing data for clean energy development.
“As a member, I have been an enthusiastic supporter of the Green Button Alliance, I am excited to have the opportunity to continue leading the development of a secure and efficient platform for energy usage data as a member of the board.” UtilityAPI offers utility data access and automation services, including Green Button integrations, for distributed energy resources (DERs), building management, and energy efficiency companies. UtilityAPI has a deep understanding of the technical aspects of Green Button, participates heavily in OpenADE working group, and integrates with all current US Green Button Connect implementations. Recently, the Department of Energy awarded UtilityAPI a $1.9M grant to further expand third-party adoption of Green Button. Mr. Roesler will represent participating members for a 2-year term through 2019. For more information on what we do at UtilityAPI or for general press inquiries please contact devin@utilityapi.com There is hardly ever a dull moment when working at start up, but I do try to keep my ear to the ground to one of my favorite topics in the energy space: storage. I love it. The space is developing so quickly and addressing renewables’ intermittency. Equally exciting, it can address gaps left by aging “peaker”-plants and decommissioned nuclear facilities. As a California native I lived through the rolling black out days after Enron and most recently the massive methane leak north of Los Angeles, and hold high hopes for what renewables + storage can do to prevent such disasters.
A recent paper published by AutoGrid took a look at the economics of battery storage, and pointed to the co-benefits both to ratepayers and utilities of the technology. During graduate school in San Diego, I worked with team analyzing the economics of battery storage for one of the large investor owned utilities. Our results aligned well with the Autogrid paper, noting that the economics are already make sense for C&I customers through demand charge reduction. Demand charges can make up 40-60 percent of a C&I customer’s bill, and even modest reductions can lead to significant savings. Adoption will only increase as the price of storage continues to drop (or as demand charges rise), and with this comes a reduction in utility revenue. I certainly hope that utilities will see the benefits of DERs and embrace them, rather than resort to the rather draconian policy changes that have inhibited renewables in places like Nevada. Southern California utilities are beginning to deploy storage themselves, as a recent Times piece noted, though the acceptance and utilization of behind the meter DERs will likely still take time. While reduced revenues, especially if storage scales, could present a challenge to utilities, the benefits to grid stability, reduced dependence on costly peaker plants, and contributions to the state’s ambitious climate goals truly begin to show the net benefits of encouraging and embracing storage. We are excited to be part of the clean energy revolution, and look forward to what is next for storage! On March 14th, CivicSolar, CALSEIA, Geli, and UtilityAPI hosted a webinar to provide a well-rounded background of SGIP and an overview of resources available to you when pursuing solar + storage opportunities. Check out the presentation and additional resources from industry leaders here.   We have been working hard the past couple months on a brand new dashboard. We've updated our interface and made it easier to request data from customers. Here is a list of some of the big improvements we made:
We've added a handy navigation pane:  Multi-select button at the top for batch actions...  ...like archiving. You can now clear out old meters that you've already evaluated.  We also updated our easy-access data download dropdown:  We now provide detailed information about the account, meters, and status of data in a easy dropdown.  Let us know if you have any questions by emailing Tim at support@utilityapi.com.
 California Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Southern California Edison (SCE) San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Hawaii HECO MECO MELCO East Coast ConEd Eversource National Grid PSEG, PSEG-LI Jersey Central Power and Light (JCPL) Orange and Rockland Utilities Atlantic City Energy (ACE) Pepco Central and West Xcel Portland Gas & Electric (PGE) Pacific Power Would you like us to go into a new utility? Let us know at info[at]utilityapi.com
 We're expanding to Hawaii and need test accounts. Do you have any current or future projects we can test our service on?
For residential and commercial properties in HECO, MECO, or HELCO: https://utilityapi.com/authorize/beta_utilityapi?utility=HECO Thanks! Elena |
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