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Impulse Cooktop and the 25D Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit
The Impulse Cooktop was designed to qualify for the Section 25D Residential Clean Energy Tax Credit.
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What “Load Shifting” Actually Means
Read the following questions and decide whether your answer would be Yes or No:
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Hunting Solutions for the Duck Curve
“Huh, that kind of looks like a duck.”
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What your electric panel actually does
Most parts of your home are so obviously easy to understand: the washing machine washes your clothes. The dishwasher does your dishes. The sink gives you water. The oven gets hot. The smoke detector…
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Solar, storage, and ... stoves?
When it comes to the energy transition, residential solar is a giant piece of the puzzle.More than 20% of the United States’ solar energy capacity lives on residential rooftops, and we have solar ins…
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Demand response made easy
The summer of 2024 has been defined by its heat waves — more than100 million Americans experienced heat alerts this July.
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The need to know on TOU
Can you remember back to when you signed up with your local electricity utility?
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Is it actually feasible to electrify your home?
A sunny Thursday late afternoon, sometime mid-June. You finish your weekly grocery trip and stop at your mailbox on the way home. Among the pile of random discounts and credit card offers you couldn’…
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Pulling the plug on gas's lifeline
The stove is the most difficult home appliance to electrify.
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Pick your player, battery edition
Batteries aren’t exactly groundbreaking technology — Volta’s first batterydates back to 1800. But over the last 200ish years, a lot of investment has gone into creating increasingly safe, durable, a…
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The Past and Future of Smart Appliances
If you walk into an appliance showroom today, you’re almost guaranteed to come across a smart appliance. Each brand will try to sell you on how their new smart features and bespoke apps will change y…
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Too Many Cooks in the Regulatory Kitchen
From the federal government all the way to your local building codes, the debate between using natural gas versus electricity to power your cooktops and stoves is heating up.
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Energy Time Machine
Electricity is a restless resource. It won’t wait for us the same way that natural gas, coal, or petroleum can, sitting patiently in barrels and pipes and tanks. Instead, electricity races from power…
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Electrification, Please Hold
Last year, Tom* signed the final papers to purchase a two-unit home in the heart of San Francisco. He had a clear objective: bring the old Victorian into the 21st century aesthetically and technologi…
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Embracing the evolution of kitchen appliances: the advantages of induction stoves
Induction cooking, while available to home cooks and expert chefs for decades, has been slow to catch on in American kitchens. However, with new studies highlighting the health risks of cooking with…
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