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Property owners and managers in California, it's game time! We're sparking a challenge: Can you beat this year's energy efficiency benchmarks? Don't just meet the benchmarks – smash them with VertPro®. Comment below to start the journey and show California what your property is made of! Ready, set, benchmark! #EnergyEfficiencyChallenge #PropertyOwners #CaliforniaRealEstate #VertProChallenge #FreeEnergyAudit

Do you own a business in a rural area and want to go solar but are unsure what financial incentives are available? Keep reading! The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) offers funding for rural businesses (and farms) to cover up to 50% of the project cost. This can be combined with additional incentives to help you save 80% or more! By going solar, businesses, farms, and agricultural producers can protect themselves against volatile utility rate hikes and save money, protecting their bottom line. For more information and to find out if you qualify for this funding, contact us today. #REAP #greensparksolar #inflationreductionact #gosolar #cleanenergy #fiancialincentives

I recently attended a lunch and learn organized by OneRedmond featuring Puget Sound Energy on Clean Energy - "The Clean Energy Transformation: Building the Future of Energy Together." ⚡ Well organized, presented and attended, the Lunch and Learn offered the opportunity to understand the complex nature of the transition to clean energy: massive projects, multiple technologies, infrastructure challenges, resource needs, etc. As I continue to delve into the topic of #rates, one topic that caught my attention was the need to drive #equity into the process and implementation of energy projects. I can attest to the fact that all of our clients are looking at bringing #equity into their projects, be that through ensuring all their divisions are looking at how/where equitable investments are made, what #rate assistance programs can be used, and how clean energy transition needs to happen first among those that can least afford it. As wealthy individuals can more easily afford to outfit their homes, it is poorer families that will continue to carry a bigger financial burden. Thankfully, through Federal and Local Assistance programs, as well as through partnerships between utilities and service providers, underserved communities can continue to benefit from clean energy. #equitable #energy #rates Strategic Business Solutions

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Currently the team at Guidehouse are working with one of the UK’s gas networks on their Net Zero roadmap; effectively the work needed to deliver low carbon infrastructure ahead of their corporate targets and the legally binding 2050 target. When discussing the roadmap with the leadership team, the two central topics of conversation were economics and policy: 💷 Economics: which is the optimal pathway (balancing affordability, resilience, and sustainability), what investment is needed to get there, and how can it be financed in an equitable way for current and future generations? 🏛️ Policy: what policy decisions are holding back investment, when are they going to be made, how can the business prepare to act as soon as there’s direction? The conversation led me the question, how can we value the cost of policy instability/indecision? There will clearly be both a financial and environmental cost of dragging our heels on investment into the energy transition, but can we quantify it? Given the probable change in government in July (characteristically awkward picture of Ed Miliband for context, the Telegraph seems to have a vault of them) - are we likely to get the decisive and long term policy required to get back on track? Or are we in for a few more years of flip flopping? Interested in your thoughts Sian Conway-Wood and Christine Quigley. #Policy #Energytransition #Labour #Netzero

💘 Trust 💘 It's easy to say and hard to deliver. This week I reflected on what trust means when the 👢 boots hit the ground with a bunch of renewable developers in Qld. It was, as you'd expect, a fascinating discussion...... In a nutshell, without genuine commitment to building + maintaining trust with landholders and regional communities, our #energytransition is going to take longer + cost more. That's bad news for all of us. It's called the Economics of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey: ⬇ When trust is low, people become suspicious, guard communication, speculate and disengage. As a result, renewable energy projects grind to a crawl and costs increase. These are called trust taxes. ⬆ When trust is high, people become confident and communication, creativity and engagement improve. As a result, renewable energy projects speed up and costs decrease. These are called trust dividends. So, what's the answer? There's no silver bullet. However, the good news is that there are a growing group of #goodfolk that are prepared to: Walk the talk….. Do the right thing. Get the right thing done. I'm with them #bettertogether #goteam! #trust #authentic #leadership #humans #care #outcomes

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Investments abroad being explored by two-thirds of energy firms: A sobering warning was released today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), which disclosed that a significant number of UK energy firms are considering moving their investments abroad in search of more benevolent legislative frameworks. #Efficiency&Environment #energybills #energycompany #energyconsumption #energycustomers #energyindustry #energyinfrastructure #energyinvestment #energymarket #energyprices #energysector #energysupplier #energyuk #Finance&Markets #gasprices #netzero #powergrid #RenewableUK #TheAssociationforRenewableEnergyandCleanTechnology #TopStories #UKenergy #ukenergynews #UKSIF

Well as we get going into a brand new year, I would like to continue promoting ‘synergies’ In the years to come, we have to build transportation routes, rail, electric charging, renewables, transmission, and storage. It would be a cost effective plan to secure a multi use right of way (corridor) to simplify the delivery of all these technologies. These corridors should be owned and retained by the Australian people as sovereign assets. Given these assets cross borders, perhaps we could even agree on a common National policy. Let’s work together, simplify and save money! #australia #nsw #qld #vic