Category Archives: Consumers

Using Value of Solar to Pick the NCAA Winner

By Eric Danziger | Published: March 21, 2013
Never before has a 15 seed won the NCAA tournament but if you trust the solar gods (and we do), this year is the year! Some people fill out their March Madness brackets based on mascots, others use team colors.  At Genability, we’ve picked each game based on the highest Solar Avoided Cost, or the [...]
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The San Francisco Bay Bridge Goes LED

By Eric Danziger | Published: March 6, 2013
1.8 miles long, 500 feet high and 25,000 individually programmed lights. The San Francisco Bay Bridge has become the world’s largest LED light sculpture.  The Bay Lights Project will shine every night for the next two years. The cost to keep the lights on?  About $15 a night or $11,000 for the full two years. [...]
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70% of Homes are on Variable Rate Plans

By Eric Danziger | Published: February 17, 2013
It may surprise many of you to know that over 70% of all homes in the U.S. are on some kind of variable electricity rate plan.  For the vast majority of homes, the rate they pay for electricity changes based how much they use (tiered rates) and /or when they use it (time-of-use rates).  Understanding [...]
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What’s My Customer’s Likely Rate Plan?

By John Tucker | Published: January 23, 2013
Do your customers know what electricity rate plan they are on (most utilities have more than one)?  Most homes and businesses don’t.  If they don’t know, you aren’t going to know either.  Their actual rate plan is one of the key factors in their unique energy cost (along with how much they use and sometimes when [...]
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Genability Connected Home Customers at CES 2013

By Eric Danziger | Published: January 8, 2013
This week in Las Vegas is the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).  Companies every year wait for this annual event to highlight their newest products, features and gadgets.  Some previous products announced at CES include the VCR (1970), camcorder (1981), CD player (1981), HDTV (1988), plasma TV (2001) and tablet computers (2011). What could [...]
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Iris Smart Home System Blooms at Lowe’s

By Laylee Asgari | Published: July 20, 2012
Lowe’s, the home improvement and appliance retailer, announced today their cloud-based home energy management system, Iris, is now available to purchase online and will be offered in 500 stores by the end of August.  Iris will offer three different starter kits: Iris Safe & Secure ($179), Iris Comfort & Control ($179) and Iris Smart Kit [...]
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Pricy Power for PG&E Customers!

By Laylee Asgari | Published: July 9, 2012
Today and tomorrow are the first Peak-Day Pricing (PDP) events of 2012 for Pacific Gas & Electric. That means that for commercial customers throughout Northern California electricity is about to get very expensive. From 2 PM  until 6 PM on  Monday July 9th and Tuesday July 10th, PG&E’s E-19 customers will pay $1.20/kWh! Here at [...]
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PG&E Residential Rates Get a New Tier

By Laylee Asgari | Published: July 6, 2012
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has done a re-org to their residential rate structure.   In an effort to show a more accurate cost of generation and encourage conservation, PG&E’s new rate structure converts generation and distribution into flat rates and adds a new set of tiered rates called the Conservation Incentive Adjustment (CIA). The goal is [...]
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Sun was Shining on Cleanweb Solar

By Laylee Asgari | Published: June 11, 2012
This weekend concluded the first Cleanweb Solar Hackathon hosted by Sungevity in Oakland.  Developers, programmers, and business types all collaberated to create teams that competed against one another to build applications that made solar power easy, efficient and a part of our daily lives.  To kick things off, the audience heard words of encouragement for [...]
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