by Keith Laake | Energy Procurement
Commercial Solar Energy: It’s Good for Business When flying over the country, one of the most notable changes to the landscape is the number of large solar farms and rooftop installations that are helping American commerce lessen its dependence on fossil fuels...
by Keith Laake | Industry News
[Read Part One of this 2-part series: Dynamic Pricing 101] Most of us have experienced the inconvenience of a rolling blackout during a summer heat wave when fans and air-conditioners put excessive load on the electricity grid. Utility companies use rolling...
by Keith Laake | Industry News
Lesson 1: About the Grid We hear about people living “off the grid,” but how much do you really know about “the grid.” By definition, a grid is a network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines, though the U.S. national electricity grid stretches in many more...
by Keith Laake | Energy Procurement
As businesses and governments strive to reduce the carbon footprint that often accompanies energy production, inventors and entrepreneurs work to develop new ideas for efficient, earth-friendly electricity generation. As we move away from the traditional sources of...
by Lisa Miller | Industry News
It’s been estimated that American schools, grades K-12, spend as much as $8 billion a year on energy. Next to salaries, it is one of the largest expenses, but it is also one of the few expenses that can be decreased without affecting educational quality....
by Lisa Miller | Educational Institutions, Success Stories
Gilbert, Arizona, began as a rail siding along the Arizona Eastern Railway and quickly became a thriving agricultural community. The first school, Gilbert Elementary, opened in 1913. Gilbert High opened later that year. As the town and population grew, so did the...
by Lisa Miller | Educational Institutions, Success Stories
Once a thriving farming community in the Salt River Valley, Chandler has grown to include diverse industries and more than 250,000 residents. As the third largest school district in Arizona, 44,000 students fill the classrooms of its 45 school buildings. With 4,000...
by Lisa Miller | Other Businesses, Success Stories
This major provider of satellite services makes advanced communications possible anywhere in the world by delivering information and entertainment for the world’s leading media and network companies, multinational corporations, internet service providers and...
