{"id":4596,"date":"2013-07-23T14:35:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:45:17","slug":"texas-electric-co-op-at-forefront-of-customer-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/07\/23\/texas-electric-co-op-at-forefront-of-customer-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Electric Co-op At Forefront Of Customer Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This commentary\u00a0originally\u00a0appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texascleanairmatters\/\">EDF&#8217;s Texas Clean Air Matters blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4597\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/07\/Bluebonnet-Dashboard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4597\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/07\/Bluebonnet-Dashboard-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/07\/Bluebonnet-Dashboard-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/07\/Bluebonnet-Dashboard.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: Bluebonnet Electric Co-op)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everywhere you turn these days, you hear someone mention the emergence of big data and how our lives will be more and more reliant on numbers.\u00a0 Well the world of electric cooperatives (co-ops) is no exception. \u00a0Originally emerging out of the establishment of the Rural Electrification Administration, co-ops enabled rural farmers and ranchers to create customer-owned electric utilities in areas that are not serviced by traditional utilities.<\/p>\n<p>I recently visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebonnetelectric.coop\/home.aspx\">Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative<\/a> (Bluebonnet), one of the Texas\u2019 largest co-ops providing energy to 14 counties, spanning the outskirts of Austin to Houston and boasting an impressive 11,000 miles of electric lines, 83,000 electric meters and 63,000 members. \u00a0Who would have thought so much big data is coming out of rural Texas?<\/p>\n<p>What makes this co-op particularly unique is its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/energy\/smart-grid\">smart grid<\/a>, which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/business\/co-op-ahead-of-the-curve-on-managing-power-demands\/nTBr5\/\">attracting some serious attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other traditional utilities, Bluebonnet does not generate any of its own electricity. \u00a0Instead, it buys electricity from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcra.org\/energy\/power\/renewable_energy\/index.html\">Lower Colorado River Authority<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpsenergy.com\/About_CPS_Energy\/Who_We_Are\/Environmental_Stewardship\/Sustainability_Environmental_2012_Update.asp\">CPS Energy<\/a>, both pioneers for clean, renewable energy. \u00a0Because of this, Bluebonnet is able to concentrate its energy (pun intended) on using new technologies to provide reliable power and enhance customer satisfaction.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bluebonnet\u2019s CEO Mark Rose and his staff recently gave me a tour of the co-op\u2019s online dashboard, which provides Bluebonnet members with detailed information on their electricity use. \u00a0The amount of information readily available to customers is impressive, and the dashboard acts as a great tool to boil down much of this big data into digestible, understandable formats. \u00a0Bluebonnet members view the information on their own personal energy dashboards in three categories: cost, usage and environmental impact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cost tab displays your current monthly electricity bill, as well as a projected monthly bill for the following month based on previous usage. \u00a0If you want to dive deeper (like I would), a different chart can show you your energy usage each day. \u00a0On top of that, you can view hourly data to see what time of day you use the most energy.<\/p>\n<p>All of this information empowers Bluebonnet members to control how they use energy and reduce electricity costs. \u00a0Presently, the dashboard shows data with an eight hour delay, but Bluebonnet\u2019s goal is to show energy data the exact moment it\u2019s used (real-time), so that members can gain control and make <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/10\/03\/sxsw-eco-how-big-data-can-lead-to-more-energy-efficiency\/\">savvy energy choices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the cost tab shows electricity in dollars and cents, the usage tab shows energy in terms of units (i.e. kilowatt-hours or kWh). \u00a0This tab compares the current month\u2019s energy consumption to the previous months, highlighting if you\u2019ve increased or decreased your electricity use. \u00a0Just like the cost tab, you have the option to view daily or hourly usage, but this time in kWh rather than dollars. Additionally, on its website Bluebonnet offers some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluebonnetelectric.coop\/myBusiness\/savingEnergy.aspx\">effective tips<\/a> for members looking to conserve energy.\u00a0 The site even shows a breakdown of how much energy appliances use nationally.\u00a0 For instance, heating and cooling use about 56% and refrigerators use about 5%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bluebonnet\u2019s unique approach shows members the environmental impact of their energy decisions in the form of understandable, real-world comparisons such as pounds of trash produced, number of trees needed to offset pollution or exhaust produced from certain number of cars driving per day. \u00a0These types of comparisons make our energy carbon footprints feel \u2018real\u2019 and, hopefully, manageable.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its dashboard, Bluebonnet has a <a href=\"http:\/\/206.155.92.74\/mobileapp.aspx\">mobile app<\/a> that enables members to check their electricity usage from anywhere. \u00a0Members can also sign up for email or text message alerts to notify them when their bill reaches a certain dollar amount, which makes saving money even easier.<\/p>\n<p>One challenge the utility faces is insufficient internet access in many of the rural communities it serves. \u00a0Poor internet access makes two-way communication between Bluebonnet and its members difficult, but the co-op understands this communication gap and is figuring out how to bridge this.\u00a0 Regardless, the co-op should be commended for making a serious commitment to becoming a leader in clean energy and providing health, environmental and economic benefits to its members.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, Bluebonnet hopes to give its members even greater opportunities to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluebonnetelectric.coop\/home\/consertPilotProgram.aspx\">manage the energy use<\/a> and further reduce their electric bills. \u00a0As the old saying goes, \u201cknowledge is power\u201d, especially when it comes to reducing our energy use and its environment impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This commentary\u00a0originally\u00a0appeared on EDF&#8217;s Texas Clean Air Matters blog. Everywhere you turn these days, you hear someone mention the emergence of big data and how our lives will be more and more reliant on numbers.\u00a0 Well the world of electric cooperatives (co-ops) is no exception. \u00a0Originally emerging out of the establishment of the Rural Electrification &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7471,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38678,84830,181,27600],"tags":[84860,84856,717,27316],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-demand-response","category-grid-modernization","category-texas","category-utilities","tag-smart-power","tag-demand-response","tag-smart-grid","tag-texas-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Electric Co-op At Forefront Of Customer Engagement - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/07\/23\/texas-electric-co-op-at-forefront-of-customer-engagement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Texas Electric Co-op At Forefront Of Customer Engagement - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This commentary\u00a0originally\u00a0appeared on EDF&#8217;s Texas Clean Air Matters blog. 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