Microsoft Power and Utilities Blog

I will be participating in a free Enterprise Informatics webinar on the topic of reducing risk, improving efficiency and ensuring compliance. I hope you can join us. Here’s the registration link . This webinar is very timely. With $155 billion invested...

There's no doubt this blog has focused recently on issues related to the smart grid. Between the launch of Hohm and the Smart Energy Reference Architecture, we've been busy, as energy issues seem to be where a lot of people are expending tremendous excitement...

The Microsoft Hohm team continues rolling out our online energy management software at utilities in North America. On Friday, Xcel Energy empowered its 3.4 million customers with the ability to take better control of their home energy consumption with...

In order to assist the 2010 planning the has begun in earnest at every utility company around the world, Microsoft and our partner OSIsoft are offering a complimentary Webcast on our Smart Energy Reference Architecture, on Tuesday, December 8 at 1 p.m...

Microsoft Hohm, the online home energy management software, received a nice review from CNET’s Natalie Del Conte on the CBS News Early Show . The news piece shows how the Goddard family in Sacramento used Hohm to monitor and evaluate the program to help...

A blog posting in the Seattle Times last week provides a good opportunity to introduce a video demo for all those interested in the topic of finding new ways to encourage today’s students to enter utility industry careers. Reporter Brier Dudley’s blog...

Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the ESS EXPO 09 Conference in San Antonio, Texas. For those of you not familiar with ESS (Environmental Support Solutions) they are (or at least were) a leading provider of Environmental...