[NBLUG/talk] LF Energy & SCP + indoor meeting space update

[Brad Morrison]

Tom,

Do you know if Sonoma Clean Power uses LF Energy's work in their work? 
SCP has a program called GridSavvy Rewards 
(https://sonomacleanpower.org/programs/gridsavvyrewards) that monitors 
energy usage and offers incentives and adjustments based on the 
electrical grid's needs at the individual customer level through smart 
thermostats and electric vehicle chargers. I do not know what the back 
end software is that they use to do that. Possibly a contractor...?

Did you read the PD article? Have you heard of LF Energy before?

Indoor NBLUG meeting space update: I did inquire with DeepNet about 
using their conference room and have not yet gotten a response. I did 
get a response from SCP about using their conference facilities a while 
back, but they said no, they only allow groups that are primarily 
focused on climate change to use the space. I did notice that the Sonoma 
County Bicycle Coalition (https://www.bikesonoma.org/) is having their 
October Board of Directors meeting there...  I also emailed my contact 
for Sonic (the director of IT) a second time about meeting there and I 
have not heard back.

Sigh...

Brad

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> Neat! I didn't realize LF Energy had a local connection. EEweather<https://eeweather.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>  looks potentially useful, and I'd heard of the statistical approach to computing avoided energy use, but didn't realize there was an open implementation in EEmeter<http://eemeter.openee.io/>.
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> On Tue, Sep 27, 2022, at 5:09 AM, Brad Morrison wrote:
>> Hi all,
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>> While I spend a lot of time writing about PG&E and solar, it is nice to see the Press Democrat do a story on an open source software player in the utility world -https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/business/open-source-software-company-in-sebastopol-drives-a-clean-energy-superhighw/
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>> "The 21st century electricity grid must be a swift superhighway where electrons and data zip in nanoseconds to where they’re needed, in contrast to today’s hodgepodge of proprietary toll roads that barely talk to each other.
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>> That’s the vision that drives Shuli Goodman, the executive director of LF Energy, an international organization she founded in 2019 to build the foundation for that superhighway.
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>> “The power grid is the biggest, most sophisticated machine on the planet. We have to figure this out fast, to insure a smooth economic and social transition,” Goodman said during a recent conversation at her Sebastopol home.
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>> Today’s grid runs largely on fossil fuels produced by giant power plants and delivered by utilities to homes and businesses..."
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>> https://www.lfenergy.org/
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>> Brad
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