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Utility joins pilot Facebook program

Posted by Derek on November 02, 2011
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Glendale Water & Power will be one of the first utility companies to join a pilot program featuring a first-of-its-kind Facebook application that will allow roughly 4 million energy users from California to Chicago to create competitions and share insight about their energy consumption on the social networking site. The idea is that by tapping Continue reading →

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TechCauldron: How Microsoft Will Make Energy Like the Internet

Posted by Derek on March 07, 2010
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Forget smart meters. Think Bayesian analysis and social networking for saving power. For the past five years, pundits, investors, companies and others have gone out of their way to explain why the energy business isn’t like Web 2.0. Energy companies require a tremendous amount of capital, nearly all of the products have to go through Continue reading →

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