Those of us who work towards clean, affordable buildings know that finding utility data about the “state of the gas transition” can be incredibly challenging.
See the first in a new series on policy driving affordable heating on this very topic ⬇️
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"Here’s my note of optimism: building electrification and transportation electrification offer *so* much potential. These are new tools in the Swiss army knife that we are pushing electric utilities to build to manage the grid." - @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social. 🔌💡
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Check out my podcast debut on Electrify This! We talk about the impacts of reconciliation on advanced energy + where we go from here.
Bottom line:
- Consumers, pick up the phone to lease that EV or make those energy efficiency home upgrades ASAP!
- States, become *obsessed* with grid flexibility!
🔌💡 New episode of the Electrify This! #Podcast.
Next week, host @sarabaldwin.bsky.social is joined by Advanced Energy United's Harry Godfrey and sarahsteinberg.bsky.social for a post-One Big Beautiful Bill debrief.
Finally, we can’t think about electric bills in isolation. Using today's gas delivery system costs: If just 10% of gas customers exit the gas system, remaining customer gas bills increase by $137 - up to $1,233 at 50% full electrification.
3) Annual energy costs only increase for those using a minimum-efficiency heat pump. The use of high efficiency HPs should hold customer energy bills about constant. When adding additional building shell improvements + TOU rates to that high-efficiency HP, a customer can save over $1,000 a year
The report finds:
1) TOU rates can save electric customers hundreds of dollars over the year and prevent costly grid upgrades in the future;
2) Of the options on the table, TOU rates are the only rates that minimize grid impacts that drive continued long-term affordability challenges.
🚨 Big news! Advanced Energy United and Demand Side Analytics have just released new research on electrification rates for Massachusetts.
Report here:
blog.advancedenergyunited.org/reports/ma-s...
Join our next webinar: 'How Companies Can Support Building Decarbonization in the US' this Thursday May 8, 11:00 EDT
Bringing together our analysts & @advancedenergyunited.org's @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social to discuss FF narratives and the electrification build out👇
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Good recs from E3 on next steps for CA’s stalled gas planning process. TLDR - don’t waste time with gas utility decarb scenarios and focus on reducing costs through non pipeline alternatives to new gas system investments. www.ethree.com/wp-content/u...
In the era of electrification, the link between customer counts, throughput, & peak day needs will be increasingly severed. Overestimating needs risks overspending customer $s on pipes, unnecessarily exacerbating energy affordability issues. Accurate and granular forecasting is hugely important.
Today's gas utility regulatory reform highlight: Xcel Colorado has committed to building "bottom-up" forecasts based on technology adoption & appliance saturation (rather than blunt customer counts/assumptions about peak day use) to feed into its future gas infrastructure plans.
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A hugely important first step to ensuring that we don't overbuild the wrong infrastructure in this era of change. To read more about it, and to hear what might be coming next, check out this blog: blog.advancedenergyunited.org/mpsc-order-p...
Hey #EnergySky! In case you missed it, the Michigan PSC just sent DTE Gas back to the drawing boards for its Natural Gas Delivery Plans, asking them to consider how declining demand impacts their infrastructure plans re: customer costs and risks, non-pipeline alternatives, emissions goals & more.
"Residential customers who use gas to heat their homes would see bills rise by 43 percent."
Buckle up, Connecticut. This is just the beginning of heating bill increases, unless the state can get out ahead of the many major headwinds facing the gas system.
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