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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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Matt Chester 11/5/21 Matt Chester 11/5/21

What Impact Does 100,000 Teslas Bring to the Hertz Rental Car Fleet?

Since electric vehicles (EVs) were first introduced to the market, one of the most significant hurdles to their adoption has been the high upfront cost. Even accounting for government support via rebates, subsidies, and tax breaks that are intended to bring those costs down, many models of EVs remain simply out of reach of many households.

Matt Chester 10/21/21 Matt Chester 10/21/21

Virtual Bids, Convergence Bids, and How They Work

In deregulated, open energy markets, utilizing day-ahead electricity sales comes with the goal to ensure those markets operate as efficiently as possible, ensuring that predicted demand is matched with the most affordable and dispatchable energy supply. In order to accomplish this, the independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) will often tap into tools known as virtual bids or convergence bids.

Matt Chester 10/14/21 Matt Chester 10/14/21

Broker Strategies for the Current Energy Price Surge

For many market trends in the energy industry, they only reach the mainstream headlines once they start impacting the wallets of individuals and businesses. In recent weeks, energy price surges have been reported in trade press as they impact the European and Asian markets, and the impacts of these trends are now reaching stateside meaning U.S. energy consumers are paying attention and asking questions.

Matt Chester 9/23/21 Matt Chester 9/23/21

Half of U.S. Electricity by 2050: Is Biden for Real

As climate change and clean energy have climbed their way up higher on the priority list of the average American, with over 80% of voters in 2020 citing climate change as at least ‘somewhat important,’ the media has increasingly satiated the appetite for related news.

Matt Chester 9/23/21 Matt Chester 9/23/21

Electric Vehicles Bringing Opportunity - Not Burden - to the Grid

Not long ago, executives at utilities and within the energy industry looked at the potential electric vehicle (EV) future with wide eyes. But these wide eyes were not of excitement and anticipation, they were the wide eyes of fear. From the perspective of these energy leaders, this perspective isn’t tough to understand. After all, studies have found that vehicle electrification will lead to the largest opportunity to increase energy demand since the introduction of air conditioning into buildings in the 1950s. Depending on the rate of EV purchases, though, this energy load growth could actually end up being larger and even more consequential in terms of how much energy will need to be generated and transported on a macro scale.

Matt Chester 9/6/21 Matt Chester 9/6/21

Broker eXcelerate Series: Cost-of-Service Vs. Retail Open Access Markets

For many customers, their utilities and the bills they receive from power providers are a bit of a black box. They use energy, turning on lights and powering their appliances or equipment and then they receive a bill at the end of the month.