
April 11, 2020 by Scott Hackel
U.S. Department of Energy integrated controls study
Deep energy savings. Lower installation and commissioning costs. All commercial building types. It’s time to move beyond lighting replacements. Continue reading

April 11, 2020 by Drew Morrison
Adsorbent air cleaning systems
Do adsorbent air cleaning systems deliver on all that they claim? We test them to find out. Continue reading
September 4, 2019 by Jeannette LeZaks
Minnesota Commercial Baseline Study
This page describes the Minnesota Commercial Energy Baseline and Market Characterization Study. For questions about the project, please contact Jeannette LeZaks at 608.210.7156 or jlezaks@slipstreaminc.org. Continue reading

January 15, 2019 by Jeannette LeZaks
Examining Potential for Prepay as an Energy Efficiency Program in Minnesota
Although prepaid electricity is common in some regions of the world, it is relatively new to the US. But there is a growing interest in finding out whether paying for your electricity use in advance would change or reduce your overall consumption. Could an energy efficiency program capture energy savings simply by changing when you pay your bill from after use to before? Continue reading
December 21, 2018 by Steve Kihm
Future Electric Utility Regulation Series
A series of reports from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory taps leading thinkers to grapple with complex regulatory issues for electricity. Learn more. Continue reading
December 21, 2018 by Steve Kihm
Will distributed energy end the utility natural monopoly?
In this article featured in Electricity Policy, Steve Corneli and Steve Kihm discuss how continued improvements in distributed energy resources may erode or even end the natural monopoly characteristics of electric distribution utilities. Continue reading
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Q&A: How regulators can improve clean energy economics for utilities
Steve Kihm, chief economist at Slipstream, and Andy Satchwell, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researcher, say regulators have economic levers at their disposal that can guide utilities toward green energy development while improving returns for shareholders. Read more. Continue reading
December 21, 2018 by Steve Kihm
ISEIF Surge Series: The human side of Smart Grid
Podcast and summary courtesy of the Illinois Science & Energy Innovation Foundation (ISEIF). Continue reading
December 21, 2018 by Steve Kihm
ACEEE 2016: Considering Risk and Investor Value in Energy Efficiency Business Models
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December 21, 2018 by Steve Kihm
Corporate finance and sustainability
By Steven Kihm, Slipstream and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Peter Cappers, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory; Andrew Satchwell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and Elisabeth Graffy, Arizona State University Continue reading