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Modeling Home Electrification Ain’t Easy — But Balto Energy Can Help
The first challenge with a home electrification project is determining the actual costs, savings and incentives for each step in the...
Nov 18, 20241 min read

Biggest Electrification Roadblock is Your Utility
Our society is moving rapidly towards electrification. Building electrification is good for the climate, good for our health, and good...
Jul 3, 20232 min read

DIY Home Electrification Measures
On this week’s show we’re talking about the first steps toward your home electrification project. What I call the Low Hanging Fruit....
Jun 6, 20232 min read

How Much Heat Can A Heat Pump Pump?
The Energy Show · How Much Heat Can A Heat Pump Pump? How much heat could a heat pump heat if a heat pump could pump heat? Technically,...
May 17, 20222 min read

Building Electrification Analytics
Energy costs keep going up — and faster than ever. Gasoline is over $5/gallon, natural gas prices are projected to skyrocket, and PG&E...
Feb 23, 20221 min read

Prepping for New Energy Technology
The Energy Show · Prepping for New Energy Technology Not since the advent of central heating and cooling has home energy technology...
Jul 27, 20211 min read

Building Electrification with Menlo Spark
This week’s Energy Show was recorded on Earth Day 2021, 51 years after the very first Earth Day in 1970. When Earth Day was established...
May 10, 20212 min read

Hidden Barriers to Building Electrification
Studies show that electrifying our transportation and building sectors are the fastest ways to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These...
Aug 8, 20192 min read

Electrifying Buildings with Jeff Byron
California was the first state to set aggressive goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Senate bill 32, AKA Cap and Trade, will reduce...
Aug 1, 20192 min read
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