September 2023
Member Spotlight
Throughout 2023, SECC will recognize one member every month, providing an organizational profile and highlighting the member's accomplishments in the smart energy space.
About EnergySage
EnergySage is the leading online comparison-shopping marketplace for home electrification. Backed by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, EnergySage.com has grown into the most visited website in the industry. Millions of customers trust EnergySage each year to learn about and shop for distributed energy solutions, including solar, energy storage, heat pumps and more. Empowering customers to make informed energy decisions, through simplicity, transparency and choice is central to the EnergySage mission. In 2022, EnergySage was acquired by Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy and automation and the most sustainable company in the world (Corporate Knights, 2021).
Customer-First Digital Tools
EnergySage’s portfolio of digital tools includes articles and videos, step-by-step guides, calculator tools and comparison-shopping marketplaces. These resources are provided directly to the public and in partnership with utilities and other trusted organizations. It takes just moments for customers to register their property and receive customized offers, which are delivered online from vetted local providers in a standardized format. Phone numbers are not required, and each customer is assigned a dedicated, vendor-neutral energy advisor to support them through their decision-making process.
EnergySage is continuously expanding its home electrification services through tools and partnerships. In the last few years, they have expanded their services from residential solar to storage, heat pumps, community solar and commercial solar. Furthermore, they are expanding the scope of their Energy Advisory service into a whole home electrification consultation for utility customers to learn and shop for solutions and access utility programs and offers through their trusted customer-friendly brand. Under the ownership of Schneider Electric, EnergySage is also integrating its offerings through other well-known service providers such as Uplight, Qmerit, AutoGrid and others.
Award-Winning Programs
EnergySage brings these resources to customers across the country through partnerships with a range of trusted organizations. EnergySage’s services include quick-to-launch digital tools, from customized educational content to white-labeled widgets displayed on the utility’s website and tailored Marketplace experiences. These solutions directly support utility program goals by boosting adoption of efficient technologies, cutting down on call center volumes and enabling program enrollment.
EnergySage’s suite of offerings for utility partners are easily customizable to different utility service territories’ needs, from modeling different rate structures in their solar calculator to integrating geographic or utility-specific incentives into the Marketplace experience. The Marketplace can be integrated into the utility’s customer experiences, leveraging single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, data APIs and more. EnergySage’s in-house content, marketing and design teams support utility partners with customer communications as needed. Real-time performance metric dashboards ensure utility partners have regular access to program data.
EnergySage’s partner programs garner strong customer engagement and high customer satisfaction and have been recognized by the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) with the 2020 Best Practices Award for Consumer Engagement for a solar marketplace with National Grid.
Partner with EnergySage
As customers look to their utility for guidance on home electrification, utilities look to EnergySage to help serve as the trusted advisor. EnergySage has partnered with utilities, including National Grid, Eversource, Central Hudson and Avangrid. In addition, EnergySage has powered solutions for state agencies and local governments including the Connecticut Green Bank, City of Denver, DC DOEE and others.
The EnergySage formula of unbiased information, transparency and choice helps customers make empowered solar decisions with customizations and reporting to meet utility program goals.
To learn more about how EnergySage can help you become your customers’ solar and storage guide, click here or contact them at partnerships@energysage.com.
