"The Future of Residential Electric Water Heating is Off-Peak".Market Development Group White Paper Offers Thought Leadership for Electric Utilities MONTROSE, Colo. -- A white paper published by Market Development Group explores how "The Future of Residential Electric Water Heating Water heating is a thermodynamic process using an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water are for cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating. In industry both hot water and water heated to steam have many uses. is Off-Peak" for forward-thinking electric utilities. The paper was written by Ed Thomas and Katherine Johnson in collaboration with thought leaders from Marathon Water Heaters, an equipment manufacturer, and leading electric utility cooperatives This is a list of Utility cooperatives. United States
The white paper explores specific actions that program managers can take today to preserve and grow the net revenue potential of home electric water heating loads in ways that create win-win scenarios for the cooperative and its members. The authors contend that too many American homes For the American mortgage lender, see . The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students. continue to fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. their water heating needs with a poorly insulated in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. conventional water heater installed at a location far removed from the homeowner's point of end use. As the result of industry competition and current manufacturing techniques, water heaters are built to last for the length of their warranty, necessitating that virtually the entire installed inventory of residential steel water heaters will need to be replaced every ten years. The commonly held wisdom has been that it is always cheaper to heat water with natural gas or propane propane, CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9°C; and boils at −42.2°C;. than electricity. But increasingly volatile gas prices are shifting the economics for homeowners in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor electricity, particularly off-peak electricity. The authors believe that the fundamental structure of the residential water heating market has changed, driven by an increasing need for cooperative utilities to consider incorporating both energy efficiency and load management into their program offerings. Off-peak water heater programs, which allow the utilities to avoid high cost peak-load resources while enabling their customers to save money, provide an ideal opportunity to achieve both of these strategic objectives. But, it is essential that these new programs are carefully designed and deployed in order to realize the greatest savings potentials for both cooperatives and their members. The white paper is available free of charge at www.marketdevelop.com. Limited reproduction rights are available upon written request. Market Development Group delivers high-energy marketing program strategies and tactics designed to achieve energy utilities' strategic base and peak energy load objectives. They also work with energy organizations and their allies to design, develop and deliver innovative marketing plans and programs that address energy efficiency, renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. and customer service goals. To learn more, visit www.marketdevelop.com. |
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