SJG Selects Opower to Launch Energy Efficiency Program
March 15 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Partnership will empower over 170,000
households to achieve energy and cost savings
Opower (NYSE: OPWR), the global leader in cloud-based software
for the utility industry, today announced that South Jersey Gas
will launch an energy efficiency program powered by Opower’s
technology. The deal will provide Home Energy Reports and online
tools to over 170,000 households in southern New Jersey, empowering
them with personalized views of their energy use and targeted
recommendations to make their homes more efficient.
“We are excited to empower our customers to save money and
energy by not only providing them with personalized insights, but a
high quality customer service experience,” said Jeffrey DuBois,
president of South Jersey Gas. “This is a great opportunity to
engage our customers and achieve more robust energy efficiency
goals.”
Opower’s Home Energy Reports offer a series of customized tips
to help customers identify easy ways to lower their consumption and
save money. The reports couple behavioral science with Big Data
analytics to provide useful information about whether a household’s
energy use is in line with similar-sized homes, the time of year,
and local weather patterns.
“We are excited about our partnership with South Jersey Gas
because it demonstrates how using innovative technology can
positively transform relationships with customers while improving a
business’ bottom line,” said Opower CEO Dan Yates. “The utilities
industry is undergoing rapid transformation, and companies like SJG
are showing how to be innovative energy advisors to meet the modern
customer’s needs.”
South Jersey Gas’ partnership with Opower also includes
innovative web tools engineered to elevate every customer
interaction and to improve its marketing and digital
operations.
About Opower
Opower (NYSE: OPWR) is an enterprise software company that helps
utilities elevate the customer experience. Energy providers use
Opower's customer engagement platform to deliver proactive, digital
communications that raise customer satisfaction, manage energy
demand, and lower service costs. Opower's software is deployed to
100 utilities worldwide and reaches more than 60 million homes and
businesses. For more information, please visit www.opower.com and
follow us on Twitter at @Opower.
Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements regarding benefits from the use of Opower’s solutions.
Any statements in this press release about future expectations,
plans and prospects for Opower represent Opower’s views as of the
date of this press release. These forward-looking statements are
subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. While
Opower may elect to update these statements at some point in the
future, Opower specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.
About South Jersey Gas
South Jersey Gas, subsidiary of energy services holding company
South Jersey Industries (NYSE:SJI), provides natural gas service to
approximately 370,000 residential, commercial and industrial
customers in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and significant
portions of Gloucester, Burlington and Camden counties in New
Jersey. Visit www.southjerseygas.com to learn more about South
Jersey Gas and its programs.
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