Utilities Expense & Data Management
June 22, 2020
Degree Days Predictions for 2020: The Impact of COVID-19
Summer 2020 has now officially begun, meaning warm weather is a given for the next few months. Additionally, due to La Niña development, this summer is expected to be near average or hotter across the Lower 48, according to the…
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Energy Management
June 15, 2020
Energy Management Software: Why It’s Important This Summer
How did COVID-19 affect energy consumption? In New York City alone, daily electricity demand fell 13% after COVID-19 prevention regulations went into effect. In the first week of June, overall energy use was still 8-9% below expected demand levels. What…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
June 11, 2020
How COVID-19 is Impacting the Renewables Industry
The EIA projects that the U.S. is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewables than coal for first time on record. While 2019 total energy consumption saw renewables surpass coal, 2020 is the first time the electricity…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
May 13, 2020
ISO-NE Electricity Supply Rate Components: What You Need to Know
What are the component percentages in the ISO-NE? The component percentages in the ISO-NE are: 44% Energy, 24% RPS, 23% Capacity, 6% Ancillaries, 2% Line Losses, 1% CES. How much is the energy rate a customer pays? The energy rate…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
May 4, 2020
Investor-Focused Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
What makes companies sustainable? One of the most powerful drivers behind major corporations’ sustainability disclosure and action has been investor pressure. Modern institutional investors are demanding more data into companies’ sustainability practices as a prerequisite for investment. What is GRESB?…
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Benchmarking & Sustainability Reporting
April 22, 2020
Sustainability Reporting for Commercial Real Estate
This “Sustainability Reporting for Asset-Level Commercial Real Estate” blog post is part of a series on sustainability reporting. Be sure to sign up for EnergyWatch’s newsletter to be notified of future postings in this series. There are many factors that…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
April 9, 2020
How Policy Impacts a Clean Energy Transition in the U.S.
In the United States, successfully transitioning to a clean energy future is not without its challenges. It is dependent on interworking regulations and policies at every level, from federal and state governments to ISOs and RTOs. In November 2019, the…
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Procurement & Energy Risk
April 6, 2020
PJM’s MOPR Impact on the Capacity Market
PJM is an electric grid operator that covers thirteen states, plus the District of Columbia, making it the United States’ largest regional transmission organization (RTO). At the end of 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered PJM to make…
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Peak Load Management
April 1, 2020
New ICAP Tags Released – What the Weekend Peak Means for You
For most of us across the United States, summer weather still seems far away. From the perspective of a NYISO grid operator, the summer of 2019 was an interesting one and one they’ve been discussing for the past 6 months. …
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