ENERGY MANAGEMENT
“ You ’ re making a choice to invest your dollars toward the ultimate goal of having a carbon-free power system ”
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Avista is helping reduce carbon emissions by installing electric vehicle chargers in residential homes and commercial locations . Investing in electric transportation will help meet the utility ’ s clean energy goals
“ Is their furnace inefficient ? Is their air conditioning inefficient ? Is their refrigerator inefficient ? These are the things we are trying to understand ,” Dever explains .
“ If we can create programmes and opportunities to educate customers and build awareness about their energy usage , we can engage them to possibly make different choices about their energy consumption . At the same time , we can avoid or delay the need to invest in building or using additional power generation or infrastructure . It ’ s a win-win outcome .”
An energy sharing market is an opportunity that Avista believes to be beneficial to this culture of conscious energy . A transactional system in society , whereby neighbours can share energy based on their ability to generate excess power - for example
JANUARY 2020