Today the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission announced that they planned to end the utility shut-off moratorium. However, this order does not extend to utilities’ “most protected customers.” These customers are …
This article, authored by BlastPoint CEO and Cofounder Alison Alvarez, first appeared here as part of Energy Central’s October 2020 Special Issue: Advances in Utility Digitalization. With the help of …
BlastPoint stands in solidarity with our friends, colleagues, partners & neighbors in condemning racism and police violence against People of Color.
Risk factors for contracting COVID-19, or losing income because of it, indicate an overlap with risk factors that make a person more likely than others to default on a utility …
A savvy way of thinking about business practices gained traction in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry a few years back. It’s customer centric. It’s strategic. And it requires all functions of …
(Image credit: MercuryNews.com) The epic Star Wars series is chock full of life lessons. Good versus evil, the struggle to claim one’s true power, nature versus technology. But what can …
One overarching theme of Cathy O’Neil’s book, “Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,” is that our society punishes poverty. Driven by unfair algorithms, O’Neil argues, …
When Cathy O’Neil’s book, “Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,” lit up BlastPoint’s radar a few months ago, we decided to make it the …
What are the common obstacles preventing small to medium-sized businesses and non-profits from using data to their advantage?