Minnesota

E Source

E Source provides independent research, advisory, and information services to utilities, major energy users, and other key players in the retail energy marketplace. Our mission is to increase the effectiveness of our members' operations, programs, and customer relationships, while supporting the efficient and environmentally sound use of energy.

DNV

DNV is the independent expert in risk management and assurance, operating in more than 100 countries. Through its broad experience and deep expertise DNV GL advances safety and sustainable performance, sets industry benchmarks, and inspires and invents solutions.   
  
Whether assessing a new ship design, optimizing the performance of a wind farm, analyzing sensor data from a gas pipeline or certifying a food company’s supply chain, DNV enables its customers and their stakeholders to make critical decisions with confidence.   

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency

Created by its members as a not-for-profit joint-action agency in 1977, Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) utilizes a diverse energy mix of renewable energy, coal, and natural gas-fired generation to provide reliable electricity in an environmentally sustainable manner to its 18 member utilities and the 127,000 customers they serve.  SMMPA also works with its member utilities to develop, promote, and implement award-winning programs to help customers use energy wisely and help protect the environment.  SMMPA plans to reduce their CO2 emissions by 90% from 2005 level

Resource Innovations

Resource Innovations led by Lauren Casentini, offers best-in-class program design and delivery of energy and water efficiency programs across all market sectors. The Resource Innovations executive team brings over 50 years of combined energy efficiency program experience, including innovations and enhancements to program delivery and customer service as well as strategic advisory services offered to senior leaders within IOUs and the broader distributed energy resources industry.  

Oracle Utilities

Oracle, headquartered in Redwood City, California, is an enterprise software and IT company. Oracle Utilities, founded in 1979, offers comprehensive software solutions for electric, natural gas, and water utilities including customer service and engagement, demand-side management, metering, operations and asset management, grid and network management, and data analytics. In 2016, Oracle acquired Opower – the largest provider of utility customer engagement and energy efficiency cloud services – to enhance the company’s customer engagement solutions.

Opinion Dynamics

Opinion Dynamics Corporation is a leading provider of Market Research and Energy Program Evaluations, including impact, process evaluations and market assessments, for utilities and energy industry clients throughout North America. Operating for over twenty years, Opinion Dynamics knowledge of evaluation and research techniques and applications and our familiarity with the industry allow us to provide the strategic information necessary to help our energy clients succeed.

NTC

NTC is a premium provider of educational programming with operations in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. We work directly between schools and clients to promote beneficial behaviors and life skills to students in grades K-12 on a local, regional or national level.

National Energy Foundation

National Energy Foundation (NEF) was founded in 1976, and has nearly 40 years of experience in service to education. NEF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization dedicated to the development, dissemination, and implementation of supplementary educational materials, programs, products and services. NEF resources for education relate primarily to energy, water, natural resources, science and math, technology, conservation and the environment.