# Announcements

### Powering a Smarter Home

### [Powerley Unveils BillWise AI: A Gen AI-powered Solution for Consumers and CSRs to Transform Utility Bill Management](/content/billwise-ai/index.html)
BillWise AI is a next-generation software platform that empowers consumers and customer service representatives with billing insights, disaggregated energy analysis and personalized savings recommendations.
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### [Powerley Unveils Next Generation Home Energy Management Experience – Transforming Utilities’ Offerings for Millions of Consumers – Including Energy Provider Xcel Energy](/content/powerleylive/index.html)
Powerley, a leading provider of home energy management solutions, launches its newest product, Powerley Live.
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### [Powerley and NET2GRID Forge Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Customer Engagement in the Utility Industry](/content/net2grid/index.html)
Powerley and NET2GRID are joining forces to provide the best experience in the customer engagement market for utility bill management, real-time energy control, and appliance disaggregation.
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### [Powerley Announces Groundbreaking 5-Year Agreement with BC Hydro](/content/bchydropartnership/index.html)
Powerley is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking 5-year agreement with BC Hydro, one of Canada’s largest electric utilities.
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### [Powerley’s Rate Simulator: Simplify Rate Selection and Empower Consumers](/content/powerleys-rate-simulator-simplify-rate-selection-and-empower-consumers/index.html)
Are Time of Use (TOU) Rates really that hard to understand? For most consumers, the answer is yes. With utility companies introducing new rate types, selecting the best rate based on when
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### [Introducing Powerley 2.0](/content/introducing-powerley-2-0/index.html)
The New Year brings a new outlook on our business and the goals we set forth. Powerley is moving forward into the next era of energy management. Technology, in general, is changing
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### [Powerley Announces the Appointment of Angie Pizzuti to Board of Directors](/content/powerley-announces-the-appointment-of-angie-pizzuti-to-board-of-directors/index.html)
Pizzuti, vice president and chief customer officer for DTE Energy, is responsible for leading a customer service organization that includes the entire customer experience, from innovative billing and payment options to assistance for vulnerable customers.
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### [Powerley Appoints Chris Weiss as Chief Technology Officer and Paul Wezner as Chief Product and Customer Officer](/content/powerley-new-officers/index.html)
Weiss and Wezner Collectively Bring Over 40 Years Experience in Tech to Powerley
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### [Powerley Names Rahul Prakash as CEO](/content/powerley-names-rahul-prakash-as-ceo/index.html)
Prakash will guide the company's operational progression and define the next round of expansion and go-to-market strategies. Prakash brings over 25 years of experience as an investor, manager, advisor to his new role.
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### [Powerley and DTE Energy Launch Industry-First Advanced Rate Solution](/content/powerley-and-dte-energy-launch-industry-first-advanced-rate-management-solution/index.html)
Powerley is helping energy customers maximize energy savings and cut carbon footprints with greater understanding and control of advanced rates Powerley is launching a new solution that empowers energy customers with greater
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### [Powerley Turns 100 Million Customer Interactions into Utility Impacts](/content/powerley-turns-100-million-customer-interactions-utility-impacts-2/index.html)
Together with utility partners, Powerley has driven over 100 million customer interactions that are producing greater benefits for utilities and their customers.
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### [Powerley Awarded in 2020 Lighting & Homes for Tomorrow Connected Home Competition](/content/powerley-awarded-in-2020-lighting-homes-for-tomorrow-connected-home-competition/index.html)
The Lighting & Homes for Tomorrow (LHFT) competition awards nine connected home products and platforms that deliver a compelling value proposition to both consumers and utilities. To realize the CEE Integrated Home vision, Lighting & Homes for
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### [Powerley Named 2019 Change Agent of the Year](/content/powerley-named-2019-change-agent-of-the-year/index.html)
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has named Powerley winner of the 2019 SEPA Power Players Change Agent of the Year award.
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### [Smart Energy International Interviews Powerley at DistribuTECH 2019](/content/smart-energy-international-interviews-powerley-at-distributech-2019/index.html)
Exploring the impact of home energy management and the smart home within the utility sector, Manoj Kumar, CEO of Powerley, details the utility transformation taking place by way of new technology and business models.
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### [Top 20 Most Promising Energy Tech Providers](/content/top-20-most-promising-energy-tech-providers/index.html)
Recognized by CIO Review as a key innovator in the energy industry. See how we're building next generation HEM.
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### [DTE and Powerley to Keynote Smart Energy Summit: Engaging Consumers](/content/dte-and-powerley-to-keynote-smart-energy-summit-engaging-consumers/index.html)
More than 80% of U.S. broadband households took energy-saving actions in 2016 Parks Associates announced that DTE and Powerley will deliver a joint keynote at the eighth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer,
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### [Detroit Hustle at CES 2017](/content/detroit-hustle-at-ces-2017/index.html)
Talking with TechCrunch at CES, Manoj Kumar shares his thoughts on the tech renaissance that's underway in Detroit.
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### [DTE Joint Venture Powerley Hires Silicon Valley CEO, Grows Company In Year One](/content/powerley-hires-silicon-valley-ceo-grows-royal-oak-based-tech-home-energy-management-company-in-first-year/index.html)
Royal Oak-based software company Powerley has hired Manoj Kumar as its CEO and is moving into new office space in downtown Royal Oak. Powerley is a joint venture formed in 2015 between DTE Energy and Royal
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