THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’

LETTER TO THAW TEAM

DMMPS AIN’T FOR WIMPS: A NEW TRADING SOLUTION FOR THE ENERGY STORAGE ERA

Utilities are introducing new rates to leverage investments in smart meters, encourage behavioral change, increase solar installations, drive (every pun intended) adoption of electric vehicles, and incentivize participation in energy efficiency and demand response programs. Consequently, we are seeing an increase in the frequency of rate cases, and customers being offered more choice than ever before. With customer choice expanding, and rates becoming increasingly complex, existing billing systems lack the capabilities needed for comprehensive bill comparison.

The anxiety caused by COVID-19 is new to all, but the fear, anxiety, hurt and devastation associated with the deaths of George, Ahmaud, and Brionna are not new to many of us. Managing the loss and life changes dictated by the virus has only been compounded by systemic racism.

The US energy market does not feature wide enough spreads for merchant investors in energy arbitrage-focused storage projects to make sufficient returns. Too much risk – not enough reward. But DMMPS contracts could be part of an important basket of solutions to enable some long-term revenue certainty and its corresponding drop in expected investor returns.

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GOOD AFTERNOON,

Hope you had a relaxing holiday weekend! Even so, you still may be feeling anxious, frustrated, scared, and helpless...but you’re not alone. Read Saunteel Jenkins’s letter to her THAW team about managing the loss of life and changes brought on by COVID and systematic racism. When you’re done with that, check out our other articles on residential rates, storage, and how the construction industry is fairing during the pandemic.

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HOW COVID 19 IS IMPACTING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

CURATED BY ERIN HARDICK

Dodge recently conducted a brief survey of contractors shortly after the pandemic struck in late March and another in April, which was conducted for the USG+US Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index report and was published in June. Based on a combination of these supportive findings as well as through ongoing discussions with leaders within the construction industry, it’s clear that the shutdowns and delays due to the pandemic were not fully experienced until the April timeframe.

As a member of the Zpryme team, Erin is responsible for creating content by aggregating, analyzing, editing, and formatting market data for energy and technology topics such as smart cities, transportation electrification and EVs, microgrid, renewable energy and distributed energy resources, block chain, transactive energy platforms, and operational and informational technology. Erin interviews different stakeholders in these areas to understand the ecosystem as a whole. She is dedicated to finding sustainable, clean energy solutions starting in the Austin area.

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