The Utility Dive news feed this week included different ways that companies are empowering customers to keep better track of their energy use. It also saw updates on ways that coal is losing ground to natural gas. If you felt like you were out of the loop for the last few days, catch up on these stories and see what you missed:
- Reliant to offer Nest Learning Thermostats in Texas—The Reliant Learn and Conserve Plan will urge customers to choose energy-efficient temperatures according to lifestyles and time spent at home.
- 11 mobile energy applications—Mobile energy apps offer consumers solutions to change how they manage their household and vehicle energy use.
- Energy use in U.S. expected to fall for next 23 years—A new Energy Information Administration report predicts a decline in energy use extending through 2035, possibly beyond.
- For utility customers, contact with their providers is about billing and payment—More than utilities seem to understand, billing and payments are what customers care about when going to companies' websites.
- Exelon coal plant sales underscore an industry-wide plunge—Asset values drop as bids come in way under what Exelon hoped to bring in for three Maryland operations.
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