May 4, 2016 As some of you know, I have the privilege of serving as a member of Ohio Advanced Energy Economy (OAEE). We’re a coalition of businesses who advocate for the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. We come together with a common voice when urgent issues arise in the state legislature or US […]

Practically speaking, electricity cannot be easily stored on a large scale. As a result, supply and demand must remain in balance in real time. Traditionally utilities have leveraged peaking power plants to increase power generation to meet demand. Demand response works from the other side of the equation – instead of adding more generation to […]

The Columbus Dispatch does a great job reporting on FirstEnergy’s recent success with the staff at the PUCO, which gave support to FirstEnergy’s Power Purchase Agreement that guarantees profits to the utility from aging power plants for eight years.  Critics have blasted the PPA as costly, unnecessary, and it would set a terrible precedent.  The article […]

The landlord/tenant relationship often stymies any justification in energy efficiency.  Afterall, why should the landlord make any investment when it’s the tenant that pays the utility bill?  And why should the tenant invest in energy efficiency when the equipment becomes a permanent part of a building they don’t own?  Furthermore, the term on a tenant’s […]

According to research by the Federation of Small Business (FSB), there is overwhelming support for energy efficiency with 78% listing saving energy costs as a motivating factor for carrying out energy efficiency measures. A further 70% said that saving the environment was also a strong factor in deciding on energy policies withing business.  John Allan, […]