This article was originally published as part of Energy Central’s December 2020 Special Issue, Data & Analytics: Creating Real Value. Please click here to join the conversation and explore other …
It’s tempting for companies to focus squarely on recouping customers’ unpaid, overdue bills in times of economic strife in order to alleviate their own financial setbacks. While our customers have …
This week, BlastPoint goes virtual with the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative’s 2020 Fall Members Meeting and Workshop to learn, share and connect about all things energy. BlastPoint CTO and Cofounder …
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, …