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Are we getting utility bill designs all wrong?
Bill LeBlanc | June 13, 2018
Sign up for E Source's upcoming bill redesign web conference on June 26, 2018, to learn how to better design your utility bill to serve customers' needs. We'll discuss our recent ethnographic market research, customer-centric design-thinking approaches, and more.
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Incorporating emerging technologies into your programs
Bryan Jungers | June 21, 2018
Every new technology must cross the “chasm of death” before it can take off and penetrate the market at scale, according to Brian Barnacle of Energy Solutions. Watch this excerpt from the 2017 E Source Forum to learn more about the difficulties and opportunities associated with market development.
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Innovation Showcase: Focus on Virtual Peaker
Matthew Burks | June 19, 2018
This second presentation in the Innovation Showcase series of the E Source Utility Innovation Partners Program features Virtual Peaker, a real-time control system in the cloud that operates and optimizes any smart device.
Online event
Radically redesign your utility’s customer bill using design thinking
Bill LeBlanc | June 26, 2018
Through recent ethnographic research, E Source revealed major conflicts between how utilities design their bills and the information customers want. We've transformed the bill redesign process and are looking for utilities to partner with us for their redesign efforts. Sign up to learn more.
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Innovation Showcase: Focus on ConnectDER
Matthew Burks | May 23, 2018
This first presentation in the Innovation Showcase series of the E Source Utility Innovation Partners Program features ConnectDER products, which the company promises will reduce logistical issues during solar and other distributed energy resources installation.
Online event
History of lighting: How technological advances and federal regulations shaped the bulb
Monali Mujumdar | April 10, 2018
Since Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp became commercially available more than a century ago, technological advances and federal regulations have shaped lighting's path. Our infographic shows you the journey, including major milestones, where the market is now, and where it's headed.
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Ameren’s outage experience
Melanie Wemple | February 21, 2023
Learn how E Source Consulting and Advisory Services helped Ameren develop and implement a strategy for unplanned outages. The initiative led to an improved customer outage experience, streamlined operations, and a measurable increase in customer satisfaction.
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Customer storytelling: Building empathy through in-context research
Rachel Cooper | March 19, 2018
In-context research is the best way to build empathy and a high-fidelity understanding of how people interact with your offerings and what drives their preferences. In this Forum 2017 video excerpt, Tom Rosholt of Morspace Inc. talks about why utilities need to implement an empathetic approach.
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Customers’ communication channel preferences are changing
Lisa Schulte | February 3, 2018
From mobile apps to online chat, utilities are finding new ways to connect with and serve their customers. This e-book explores which communication channels customers prefer today and makes some predictions about which channels you can expect customers to use more in the future.
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