# Utilities ### Powering a Smarter Home ### [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. [Read More](/content/bchydropartnership/index.html) ### [Predict & Prescribe: Driving utility program adoption at the perfect moment](/content/predict-prescribe-driving-utility-program-adoption-perfect-moment/index.html) Imagine if a utility could send the right message, about the right type of program, to someone who they know would benefit from that specific energy efficiency solution. [Read More](/content/predict-prescribe-driving-utility-program-adoption-perfect-moment/index.html) ### [EEI Features Powerley Customer Success Stories – AEP and DTE](/content/emerging-energy-solutions-for-residential-customers-smart-home-energy-management/index.html) Powerley utility customers share their success stories with EEI about commercializing smart home energy management. [Read More](/content/emerging-energy-solutions-for-residential-customers-smart-home-energy-management/index.html) ### [New BC Hydro app to help save money on electricity](/content/new-bc-hydro-app-to-help-save-money-on-electricity/index.html) BC Hydro’s new smart home energy management app called HydroHome saved one man $700 last year on his power bill. [Read More](/content/new-bc-hydro-app-to-help-save-money-on-electricity/index.html) ### [Utilities are Giving the Home a Voice… and a Brain](/content/utilities-are-giving-the-home-a-voice-and-a-brain/index.html) A new personalized home and energy assistant is delivering greater levels of insight by creating connections that utilize the full potential of electricity to link every part of the home. [Read More](/content/utilities-are-giving-the-home-a-voice-and-a-brain/index.html) ### [Driving Top Line Growth, Part 2: Transforming the Utility Business Culture](/content/driving-top-line-growth-part-2-transforming-the-utility-business-culture/index.html) Beyond just financial approaches, it is the DNA of the utility itself that must be changed to re-activate the innovative culture that revolutionized our world a century ago. [Read More](/content/driving-top-line-growth-part-2-transforming-the-utility-business-culture/index.html) ### [Blockchain will Transform the Utility of the Future](/content/blockchain-will-transform-the-utility-of-the-future/index.html) Blockchain – it has made waves by tracking and encrypting transactions, but now this groundbreaking process has the potential to make waves in the energy industry as well. [Read More](/content/blockchain-will-transform-the-utility-of-the-future/index.html) ### [Driving Top Line Growth, Part 1: A NEW Utility Business Model](/content/driving-top-line-growth-part-1-a-new-utility-business-model/index.html) With energy efficiency and distributed resources taking a toll on traditional business, utility executives are wrestling with how they can meet expected revenue growth. [Read More](/content/driving-top-line-growth-part-1-a-new-utility-business-model/index.html) ### [Transitioning to the Grid of the Mid-21st Century](/content/transitioning-to-the-grid-of-the-mid-21st-century/index.html) Disruptive pressures are pushing utilities and energy players across the country to ask themselves the question, "Are we going to adapt or die?" [Read More](/content/transitioning-to-the-grid-of-the-mid-21st-century/index.html) ### [Creating a Utility-Driven Energy Experience](/content/creating-utility-driven-energy-experience-part-1/index.html) By combining an app that had an engaging UI and offering easy to use hardware, customer engagement with DTE soared by 72x per month. [Read More](/content/creating-utility-driven-energy-experience-part-1/index.html) ### [The New Corporate Tax Requires a New Business Model for Utilities](/content/the-new-corporate-tax-requires-a-new-business-model-for-utilities/index.html) While the corporate tax break might have some benefits, utilities are also facing new challenges as a result. [Read More](/content/the-new-corporate-tax-requires-a-new-business-model-for-utilities/index.html) ### [Powerley Pilots Energy-Driven Smart Home with BC Hydro](/content/powerley-pilots-energy-driven-smart-home-with-bc-hydro/index.html) BC Hydro has launched a consumer pilot of the Powerley platform through a program the utility branded HydroHome. [Read More](/content/powerley-pilots-energy-driven-smart-home-with-bc-hydro/index.html) ### [AEP Ohio taps Powerley’s home energy management platform for residential program](/content/aep-ohio-taps-powerleys-home-energy-management-platform-for-residential-program/index.html) It's Your Power program combines energy management and smart home automation for 1.5 million residential customers [Read More](/content/aep-ohio-taps-powerleys-home-energy-management-platform-for-residential-program/index.html) ### [Why DTE Energy Has the #1 Utility App](/content/why-dte-energy-has-the-1-utility-app/index.html) DTE Insight enables their 2,142,829 users to monitor energy usage and take actions to increase efficiency. [Read More](/content/why-dte-energy-has-the-1-utility-app/index.html) ### [Amp Up Your J.D. Power Scores with HEM](/content/amp-up-your-j-d-power-scores-with-hem/index.html) There’s an opportunity to transform utility-customer relationships and get notable gains in your J.D. Power scores. [Read More](/content/amp-up-your-j-d-power-scores-with-hem/index.html)