Dive Brief:
- Comverge and Opower are the latest companies to offer efficiency and demand response products for the residential market.
- Demand response and efficiency companies that might have been partners in the past are now competing for the same combined demand response-efficiency business.
- Comverge has expanded its IntelliSOURCE system to work with smart thermostats.
- Electric retailer Direct Energy will use Opower's thermostat platform with Wi-Fi Honeywell thermostats for a load control service.
Dive Insight:
Efficiency and DR companies are expanding their offerings, a sign that the sector may be entering a more mature phase.
“There is already a land grab going on among companies that want to be the utility’s gateway into the home, since it is increasingly clear that most utilities do not have the desire to build and manage sophisticated home area networks just for peak shaving purposes,” GreenTech Media said.
