In a nutshell, community solar projects—or, solar gardens—are power plants whose solar generated electricity is shared by more than one business, household, or party.

Now, more than ever, utilities are working to create payment solutions and strategies that give their customers and investors more—more security, greater return on investment, and a better overall experience with more options.

Joining MyMeter with the Alexa ecosystem delivers progressively in the areas where customers demand the most: Convenience, Security and Accuracy. Customers can now experience having a direct conversation with their utility provider anytime, day or night, 24/7.

Energy efficiency savings ranging between 1.8-6.8% have been approved for four Minnesota utilities using MyMeter for customer engagement, load management, pre-pay solutions and/ or outage management notification.

I have a great appreciation for the MyMeter program. I have always believed that information and understanding are the keys to controlling one’s energy usage. When one understands the connection between the actions in the home and the associated energy usage, they then have the power to manage that usage.

The thing that always frustrated me is that we could never help people understand what a kilowatt hour was. It’s our unit of sale, but it’s not something that the customers can get their hands around or could really understand…In my career, it’s the first tool that we’ve been able to provide our consumers that helps demystify the kilowatt-hour.