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If you are looking to learn how you can make your energy use more sustainable, our monthly blog covers how you can get involved in renewable energy, be more energy efficient around your home and take advantage of the latest technologies. These can result in power bill savings as well as other benefits! Our four main topics are energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric vehicles and smart home technology.

5 Ways Smart Grid is Like a Football Game

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Autumn is coming with cooler temps, leaves changing color, pumpkin spiced everything and football season! As you settle in for a new slate of games, consider 5 ways smart grid resembles f…

3 Reasons to Invest in Solar Energy

Posted | by SECC |
Now that the interior of your home is fully equipped with nifty smart gadgets, it’s time to spruce up the exterior as well. Recently, solar energy has been all the rave – and for g…

5 Smart Home Gadgets for Smarter Energy Consumption

Posted | by SECC |
After such an exhilarating cross-country road trip into the future, it can be pretty disenchanting to return to a humdrum home. Having experienced the joys of sight-seeing in various smart cit…

Top 5 Energy Efficient Cities to Visit this Summer

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Ever find yourself wishing that you were Marty McFly from Back to the Future, equipped with a super-cool time traveling machine that could propel you into another dimension? Well although time…

Grilling Out: The Smart Grid Way

Posted | by SECC |
It’s summertime already? It seems as though just yesterday children were playing in the winter-white snow. While the snow was picturesque, the warm rays of summer are a welcomed change f…

3 Easy Earth Day Upgrades

Posted | by SECC |
Celebrated in more than 193 countries, Earth Day serves as a reminder that we must continue to protect the planet. Since Earth Day’s founding in 1970, Congress has passed laws limiting…

Timing Is Everything: 3 Tips for Shifting Energy Usage

Posted | by SECC |
Think for a moment, what’s the first thing you do when you get home from work or school? Turn on the air-conditioning, TV and all of your lights? Take a shower? Preheat the oven to start…

Top 10 Friendliest Cities for Electric Vehicles

Posted | by SECC |
With almost every single automobile manufacturer now producing an electric option, more than 400,000 plug-in electric vehicles have been sold in the United States since 2008. As the electrical…

A Smart Cure for Power Outages

Posted | by SECC |
Power outages are disruptive. When the power goes out, it can bring your daily routine (and sometimes traffic!) to a grinding halt. Longer outages can be dangerous and stressful; the last thin…

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