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Conformity, censorship and oppression. Against Pound. Making sense of the coronavirus. Everything that is the case. Secret agent. Gangsters and Politicians. Ugo and the waves. Next, utilities may consider offering customers incentives for electrification. Some of these incentives could be funded through shareholder funds, the same way that non-utility companies invest in acquiring new customers. In typical corporate parlance, this is known as a marketing budget. Other incentives may require regulatory approval but could be left to the utility to propose during rate-case proceedings.

Finally, for some aspects of programs, utilities may invest capital directly in infrastructure. Electric vehicle charging stations provide a good model for this. These programs would require requlatory approvals to ensure capital is being spent reasonably and to good effect. The key? Start with the low-hanging fruit. Work responsively and embrace new technologies. Identify successive phases and fine tune the focus over time - just as many companies do with new product lines.

Don't expect to ink a three or five-year plan that has all the answers. Customer analytics, an emerging skillset within many utility teams, can support market segmentation and inform product promotions. For example, heat-pump marketing can target customers with the highest potential overall return on investment based on their current energy use and needs, building type, and past program participation.

Broad-based but targeted marketing campaigns can emphasize return on investment to customers and prioritize strategic outcomes that the utility has identified.

Examples include decarbonization, mitigating system congestion, and integrating renewables. Product bundling, often limited within traditional regulatory programs, should be encouraged to create alignment with complementary utility products. An example is bundling battery storage, electric hot water heating, and a new rate class. The idea of placing "programs" within core operations is not novel. In fact, regulators in New York aim to pull all energy-efficiency program budgets into core utility operations so that energy-efficiency investment will become part of the rate-case planning and budgeting.

Electrification "programs" would benefit from the same treatment. Planners can also consider linking electrification to traditional demand-side management programs. This can happen by adding measures to existing programs, or creating fuel neutrality, an option Massachusetts stakeholders are currently weighing. Performance-based ratemaking, implemented or under consideration in states such as Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and Minnesota, can complement electrification. PBR provides incentives for outcomes such as carbon-emission reductions, fuel switching, and grid flexibility, all of which can be served through conversion to electricity.

Instead of counting heat pumps and energy audits, utilities could measure success through overall electricity sales and carbon emissions. Expediency needs to be the name of the game if customers and utilities are to realize electrification's multiple benefits.

This does not have to happen at the expense of cost-effectiveness. But saving electrification from death-by-programs will be essential to achieve the growth that has the industry so energized. Skip to main content. The library was staffed by Fortnightly Club volunteers, funded by donations, fund-raisers, and fees for library cards.

This building is pictured in the painting that hangs over the elevator door on the current library's second floor. The Fairfax County Public Library was established in , and began a relationship with the Fortnightly Library and other small community libraries by sending rotating collections of books. Following community requests to establish a branch in Herndon, the Fairfax County Public Library took over the operation of the Herndon library.

The Fortnightly Club offered to lease the library building to the county. A deal was struck, and on March 7, , the Herndon Fortnightly Library opened. The new Herndon Fortnightly Library on Center Street opened in May , the "Fortnightly" name being kept in honor of the many years the Club operated the library with a volunteer staff.

Members of the Fortnightly Club continue to maintain a close relationship with the library and its staff, supporting the library and its services with volunteer labor, gifts, and donations. The Fortnightly Club is a sponsor of the library's annual Open House, a tradition dating back to the branch's Spring Street days, as well as other library activities throughout the year.

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