Peoples Energy Analytics

As 2024 comes to a close, Peoples Energy Analytics would like to thank our supporters and celebrate the successes that made this year one of the strongest we’ve had at the company.   Some of our highlights:   1. One of our utility customers (Peoples Natural Gas) released an announcement discussing the value of our collaborative pilot project: https://lnkd.in/gnvzS7m7. 2. Our CEO, Destenie Nock, PhD, was named a 2024 UCS Science Defender by the Union of Concerned Scientists. 3. Dr. Nock was invited to serve on the Massachusetts Interagency Rates Working Group (IRWG), and created energy affordability definitions for the state. 4. We were named the winner of the Richard King Mellon Foundation 2024 Social-Impact Investment Pitch Competition. 5. We completed the Dream Climate Tech Launchpad, led by Village Capital in partnership with Dream.Org, and with support from Salesforce. 6. Dr. Nock was invited to present at the APPAM Association for Public Policy Analysis fall event. 7. Dr. Nock joined the RE+ 24 conference and spoke on the critical importance of grid equity in the clean energy transition. 8. We participated in Chloe Capital's 2024 Invest In Women: Founder Showcase.   We are extremely proud of what we’ve accomplished, but more importantly, we’re excited for what’s ahead. Although recent political events have generated widespread uncertainty about whether finding solutions to energy insecurity and energy affordability challenges will remain a policy priority, Peoples Energy Analytics is committed to addressing these issues with integrity and ingenuity alongside our trusted utility partners. Together, we can make energy affordability a reality for all of us, particularly for those who are the most vulnerable.   Thank you to all of our investors, stakeholders, supporters, and team-members for your continued support. Happy new year from us to you.   Peoples Energy Analytics

This week, CEO Destenie Nock, PhD will be presenting at the APPAM Association for Public Policy Analysis fall event, a multi-disciplinary research conference attracting the highest-quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues. Dr. Nock is presenting about the impact of LIHEAP on energy affordability and energy-limiting behavior. Conference Theme: The 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference, Policymaking at the Federal, State, and Local Levels, encourages attention to and consideration of how policies play out at multiple levels of government. For example, how do the impacts of federal programs vary across places? What is the optimal level of government to fund and deliver different public services? For services provided at multiple levels of government, how best to coordinate across the levels? How can local governments best tailor their implementation of federal policies and programs to local circumstances? https://lnkd.in/gsPTNj6S

Yesterday, CEO Destenie Nock, PhD was invited to present to the Interagency Rates Working Group (IRWG), formed to advance near- and long-term rate designs that align with the decarbonization goals of the state of Massachusetts. The IRWG hosted a presentation, led by Destenie, to discuss her recommendations to ensure that the Near-Term Rate Strategy addresses energy affordability. The presentation can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gRyaDrrV #energyaffordability #energybills #decarbonization

Proud to report that we've won a $25,000 award from the Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure (RETI) Consortium, as part of their 2024 Technology Showcase. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you very much to RETI for their ongoing leadership in energy innovation.

🚨 We are excited about the insights discussed in "Reducing Energy Burden in the Power Sector: Metrics for Assessing Energy Poverty," published in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) latest issue of Power and Energy Magazine, "Equity and Justice in Power Systems: The Power Systems Field Meets "Environmental Justice." ✒ Authored by Destenie Nock, PhD, Andrew J. Jones Jr., PhD, ENV SP, Stefan Bouzarovski, Harriet Thomson, and Dominic Bednar, Ph.D., EIT. 🔗The paper is available at https://lnkd.in/egFHbezR, 🔓The open-access version is available at https://lnkd.in/dQ7MmDj4. The paper explains how energy burden and other metrics can be used to support decision-making within the power sector. The authors describe present-day challenges of only using energy burden and a push for practitioners to "break down" the components of residential energy demand to identify barriers and adequate levels of consumption. As the United States continues to push for policies such as Justice40, there are many lessons that can be learned from the European Union regarding the integration of energy burden into practice, methodological caveats, and direct and indirect consequences. The following actions were recommended: 1️⃣ weatherization, 2️⃣ community engagement, and 3️⃣ residential technology deployments. The authors also provided action steps for practitioners: 💡 Tracking the impacts of energy investments through the use of high-resolution data (e.g., demographic surveys and AMI), 💡 Support weatherization efforts, 💡 Leverage existing relationships with the community, 💡 Tie incentives of infrastructure and technology upgrades to the electric meter and 💡Develop a baseline for sufficient energy and evaluate if households are experiencing energy deficits. One question this article poses that resonates with us is, "Are residents securing an adequate level of energy usage to be safe and productive in their homes?" ❓Comment below with your thoughts: What does an adequate level of energy usage mean to you?

Based on a public voting process that resulted in over 3,000 votes, Peoples Energy Analytics has been named a finalist for the Green Future Gala Award, sponsored by the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC). This award is given to companies that "display outstanding contributions to driving the clean energy transition and diverse climate economy." Winners will be announced at the Green Future Gala on September 19. Thank you to everyone who voted for PEA, and to everyone at the NECEC for all they do.

Our panel was a success! Thank you to the other panelists, and thank you to RE+ for including the issue of energy equity in their conference lineup.

Based on a public voting process that resulted in over 3,000 votes, Peoples Energy Analytics has been named a finalist for the Green Future Gala Award, sponsored by the Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC). This award is given to companies that "display outstanding contributions to driving the clean energy transition and diverse climate economy." Winners will be announced at the Green Future Gala on September 19. Thank you to everyone who voted for PEA, and to everyone at the NECEC for all they do.

A couple of pictures of our fearless leader at the RE+ conference!

Excited that Destenie Nock, PhD gets to represent Peoples Energy Analytics and Carnegie Mellon at the RE+ conference.