Customers who enroll in the Cali ecosave program can purchase an ecobee smart thermostat starting at $10 to support a more reliable electrical grid

Posted July 20, 2023

TORONTO – July 19, 2023 – ecobee, a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems (NYSE: GNRC), today announced it is offering eligible customers in California’s hottest climate zones a $10 ecobee3 lite (regularly $149.99) or a $149.99 ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium (regularly $249.99) when they enroll in the company’s Cali ecosave program. Three thousand discounted thermostats are available, while supplies last.

Cali ecosave is a voluntary community energy savings program from ecobee that offers customers an incentive in return for helping to save energy during periods of high demand and helps support a more stable and reliable power grid in local communities.

“At ecobee, we are committed to offering innovative smart home solutions that address the current problems customers are facing, such as rising energy bills and increasing strain on the power grid caused by extreme heat,” said Chris Carradine, EVP of Energy at ecobee. “We’re eager to offer heavily discounted ecobee smart thermostats to eligible Californians to help them conserve energy and save money on their summer cooling bills without sacrificing comfort.”

Extreme weather can lead to grid instability and the risk of outages or brownouts in local communities, along with higher energy bills. According to the California Independent System Operator's outlook for summer 2023, the “grid remains vulnerable to high loads and availability of imports during widespread heat events, especially in late summer.” California residents currently spend about $220 per month on electricity, which adds up to $2,640 per year – 25% higher than the national average electric bill.

As part of California’s move towards cleaner energy, utilities in the state have transitioned customers to time of use rates, which make electricity prices more expensive during peak hours of the day, and lower at non-peak times. ecobee smart thermostats take into account energy prices, local weather, home energy performance, and custom comfort preferences to automatically cool homes when energy is less expensive and avoid cooling when energy is more expensive, all without impacting comfort. Customers who take advantage of this offer will be pre-enrolled in Cali ecosave helping them save money on their energy bills and also helping reduce stress on the power grid during peak times.

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If you’re passionate about applying your work experience and skills to impact sustainability at scale, join a team of professionals motivated by this common commitment to the environment and a clean energy future. 

As an Energy Efficiency Consultant for Demand Management, you will deliver and create innovative customer programs to reduce demand during peak times, helping to maintain a stable electrical grid. In this role, you will work with our growing Demand Response (DR) team focused on all aspects of standing up and delivering DR and electric vehicle (EV) managed charging programs for residential and commercial, electric & gas customers in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Your focus will be on helping to drive new initiatives forward while expanding existing programs to meet decarbonization goals across Eversource’s tri-state service territory.

This is a hybrid role. The first three months are full time in the office.

Essential Functions: 

• Provides direction to business partners and/or technical project expertise to customers for successful delivery of customer-facing DR programs, tracks progress toward program goals and metrics.
• Drives the integration of strategic activities between the customer, other utilities/ program administrators, advisory consultants, and vendors/contractors.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders within the energy efficiency organization, in addition to Eversource’s system planning, grid modernization, solar, interconnection and rates teams.
• Coordinates the development of documents and plans necessary to meet compliance with regulatory filings and oversight of ratepayer funded Energy Efficiency and Grid Modernization programs.
• Provides guidance and support to junior team members. Trains internal and external stakeholders on demand response and managed charging program strategies, processes, and techniques.
• Executes the budgeting, invoicing, evaluation, and tracking of expenses and energy savings of assigned offerings; contributes to the development of RFPs for contracted services.
• Demonstrates proactive thought leadership within vertical sector through developing and designing technology implementation strategies/initiatives.
• Represents Eversource in regulatory hearings and technical sessions
• Presents as a subject matter expert, representing Eversource in public forums, national energy efficiency conferences and/or stakeholder events (e.g. PLMA, AESP, and DistribuTECH).

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Posted July 11, 2023

NYSEG has developed a request for proposal (RFP) to procure a minimum of 10 MW of energy storage projects to be in service by December 31, 2028. This initiative will help meet energy storage goals and complement the growing use of intermittent technologies on the transmission and distribution systems.

The RFP will be conducted in two phases. Any interested bidders must submit a Phase I offer no later than 5 p.m. EPT on September 1, 2023. NYSEG and RG&E will review bidder submissions to Phase I, and notify bidders of their approval to submit a Phase II bid on October 20, 2023.

CLICK HERE to review all requirements and details of the RFP and appendices thoroughly which are located below. Only complete offers will be accepted.

Posted July 11, 2023

RG&E has developed a request for proposal (RFP) to procure a minimum of 10 MW of energy storage projects to be in service by December 31, 2028. This initiative will help meet energy storage goals and complement the growing use of intermittent technologies on the transmission and distribution systems.

The RFP will be conducted in two phases. Any interested bidders must submit a Phase I offer no later than 5 p.m. EPT on September 1, 2023. NYSEG and RG&E will review bidder submissions to Phase I, and notify bidders of their approval to submit a Phase II bid on October 20, 2023.

CLICK HERE to review all requirements and details of the RFP and appendices thoroughly which are located below. Only complete offers will be accepted.