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Chester Energy and Policy started in 2017 as a blog before blossoming into a full consulting business. The goal of the blog originally was simple: answer interesting questions in the world of energy & sustainability that weren’t being answered elsewhere, tapping into energy data sets, expert interviews, and a unique lens.
Today, the blog section of Chester Energy and Policy seeks to continue that mission: answering interesting questions. If you have a question that you think is worth diving into for a blog post, reach out and let us know! .
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Why Aren't Smart Meters Available to More Utility Customers?
Smart meters have been promising to disrupt and revolutionize the utility industry for many years, unlocking new realms of customer-utility interaction, empowering utilities with massive troves of new types of data upon which they can make decisions, and influencing the concurrent trends of cleaner, more affordable, and more resilient energy systems.
Broker eXcelerate Series: Coal, Nuclear and Renewables - Pros and Cons of Power Generation
The United States is among the larger and more geographically diverse countries in the world with a relatively spread-out population. While some countries can rely mostly on a one or two power sources to fuel its electric grid, such as Poland which gets almost three-quarters of its electricity via coal or Norway which gets 95% of its electricity via hydropower, the characterization of America as a melting pot also extends to her energy mix.
Broker eXcelerate Series: How Demand Response & Energy Efficiency Can Be Assets Akin to Generation
The backbone of the utility industry has always been the generation sector. No matter where you are in the supply chain of energy, it all can be traced back to power plants or other sources of generating where electricity is created.
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Supergrid!
For many years, energy industry professionals have extolled the virtues of upgrading the power grid. The grid is aging, transmission and distribution assets are crumbling, and the United States is quickly falling behind in the implementation of advanced, modern smart grid technologies.
Unpacking What Just Happened in Texas: Winter Storms, Blackouts, and Outrage
As the winter storm watch was reported for much of the Southern United States starting the week of February 14, 2021, grid onlookers well knew that this greater than average cold front and winter storm would elevate demand on the utility industry. In a region that is used to milder winters, experts foresaw strain on the grid and potential issues in the power sector to a greater degree that had been seen in some time.
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