International
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“Leading US clean tech company, Opower is launching into the European market in a bid to repeat its success in the US.
Sitting at the apex of "big data" and "big electricity," Opower has transformed the US electric utility market by creating a new way for consumers to access and use data to make changes in their energy consumption behaviour. ”Opower in Bid to Change Consumer Behaviour in Europe
May 10, 2013
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“Opower has partnered with partnered with Mercury Energy, one of New Zealand’s largest energy retailers. The partnership will bring Opower’s customer engagement platform to nearly 300,000 customers in New Zealand. Mercury will offer customers a Good Energy Monitor (GEM) that is built on the Opower platform. "By giving customers unparalleled visibility into when they are using electricity, GEM enables them to be more in control of their energy usage and gives them information needed to help reduce their bills," said Mercury GM James Munro. It is Opower's fifth international program and the first of its kind in New Zealand”Smart grid wins: It doesn't get any better than this
March 29, 2013
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“Mercury Energy is bringing Opower’s customer engagement platform to nearly 300,000 customers in New Zealand. Opower founder and president Alex Laskey says, “We are excited to partner with Mercury Energy in order to bring our platform to a retail energy provider that is committed to helping its customers take control of their energy consumption and learn ways to save. Mercury’s Good Energy Monitor (GEM) is built on the Opower platform, the only proven and scalable software for the utility industry that provides customers with the tools and insight they need to manage their energy consumption.””Opower Partners with New Zealand Utility
March 26, 2013
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“Mercury Energy is the latest power company to adopt online energy monitoring for its customers.Mercury has today released the Good Energy Monitor, or GEM, an online tool that allows residential users to monitor every kilowatt of energy they use and see how much it is costing them.GEM presents information collected from customers' electricity and gas meters in graphs. Their consumption information can be displayed down to daily and half-hourly usage.”Mercury Energy consumers get online tracking tool
March 18, 2013
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“Characteristics from the successful programmes include measurable and predictable savings for customers, cost-effectiveness, sustained impact and overall customer satisfaction. What the example from the US has shown is that as utilities engage their customers with more information about their energy use and potential savings in a timely manner, their participation and satisfaction increase, resulting in higher energy savings.”The Global Energy Conversation: Nurturing Energy Innovation
March 7, 2013
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“y giving consumers useful information on their usage through designed reports and applying principles from behavioural science, Opower has been able to strongly motivate energy consumers to adjust their behaviour through the power of competition. We have found that, by showing customers what their energy consumption is like as compared to similar households, they naturally look to outperform their peers and actively lower their energy usage. It is a simple idea, yet it produces remarkable results.”Bright spark: Can utilities drive engagement by helping customers use less energy?
February 27, 2013
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“Opower, which set up its Asia-Pacific headquarters here last December, and home-grown start-up Intraix are working on helping households save energy via more useful home energy reports, bills and perks. ”Looking at ways to help households save energy
February 20, 2013
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“The company Opower compared the electricity consumption of 145,000 U.S. households during the evening and during the Super Bowl Sunday night normal winter. Result, soccer saves 7.7% energy on average. "With so many people watching TV taped, few households use electricity for cooking, cleaning, or anything other than look at their screen," says Barry Fischer, Opower. ”Why the Super Bowl is green
January 31, 2013
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“Home owners using software by US technology provider Opower have saved more than two terawatt hours of energy.The firm’s behaviour-influencing energy efficiency programme includes an online hub which users can check in to look at home energy reports and SMS text alerts about energy use.”Opower saves two terawatt hours of energy
January 25, 2013
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“Energy management software company Opower has helped the customers of its 80 utility clients save enough energy over the past five years to take a city the size of Sheffield off the grid or power the London Underground for 20 months.”Opower customers save enough energy to take Sheffield off grid
January 25, 2013
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“Energy customers have saved 2TWh over the last five years due to their utilities using a service from energy management software company Opower.
More than 15 million energy consumers across six countries have signed up to Opower's energy monitoring service, which has saved customers £139 million and also cut 1.3 billion kilograms of CO2 since 2007. ”Opower helps customers save 2TWh of energy
January 25, 2013
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“The statistical study of Opower, prepared by Barry Fisher notes that another important point to consider is the increased efficiency of motor vehicles and since 2004 have reduced fuel consumption by up to 23 percent.”Energy Use, Smarter
January 3, 2013
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“Opower, a U.S. software company that provides advice on energy efficiency to households, is studying a plan to enter the Japanese market, possibly in late 2013, company officials have said. Opower's service is expected to benefit both power companies and users in Japan at a time when the country has been hit by electricity shortages following the March 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station and by power rate hikes amid the shutdowns of nuclear plants.”U.S. firm Opower looks to offer power-saving advice for Japan
January 3, 2013