Why Commercial and Industrial Energy and Sustainability Systems Are Breaking Down

Outdated Processes Can’t Keep Up with Today’s Reporting Requirements We have the pleasure of working with many large C&I, multi-facility clients. Even among the most sophisticated organizations, most have a piecemeal collection of accounting systems, spreadsheets, and outdated software managed by a few smart people doing the best they can with the tools they have to manually extract energy, facility, …

Opportunities for Carbon Reporting

Looking At Opportunities for Carbon Reporting? Here Are Three Important Thoughts From THG’s 2022 Experience The gradual adoption of GHG reporting protocols for large and mid-sized organizations hit a tipping point in 2022.  Driven by the inevitability of reporting mandates, supply chain integration, along with banking and investor pressure, most organizations have at least started to evaluate a process for …

GHG Reporting and Compliance

GHG Reporting and Compliance The Opportunity of The Decade for Energy Suppliers and Advisors   What’s up for debate: Broad ESG Reporting Compliance and Uncertainty Let’s start with a quick and pragmatic history of our ESG/GHG experience: Seven years ago, THG Energy released the first version of our GHG reporting and compliance capabilities. The customer indifference and lack of interest …

Preparing to Move Forward with the Energy Transition

Important Steps: Positioning for The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) includes significant energy and renewable tax and economic incentives for organizations of all types.  This article from ENERLOGICS is a quick summary of the IRA’s Impact on Solar and Energy Storage Tax Credits Solar and energy storage projects received major tax and cash incentives.  The inclusion …

Meet THG Energy – Your Partner In Sustainability, Energy Data, & Technology

We know that companies and organizations are struggling to prepare for and stay up to date with pending mandates and regulations, and best practices in general. THG wants everyone to know that we are here and we want to support your business as you begin or hone in on your GHG emissions data management, sustainability strategy, energy management and budgeting. …

Renewable Energy Projects Require Engaged Partners

Renewable Energy Projects Require Engaged Partners Spotlight: THG’s Impact on Energy Storage Programs This month, Bay Area community choice electricity provider MCE announced one of the first implementations of non-residential customer battery storage through their Energy Storage Program. The program provides further financial incentives for MCE customers who can leverage on-site solar to charge storage, and strategically discharge due to …

GHG Protocol Compliance

A Guide to Moving Forward: Practical Advice for Avoiding ESG Reporting Catastrophe In case you missed it, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcement for proposed rules for disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions on March 21, 2022. The proposed rule is 506 pages and subject to a 60-day comment period. We don’t intend to provide detailed analysis, but here’s what …

THG Energy Rolls Out Emissions Data Management Offerings

As climate-related uncertainty has increased, investors have not sat by idly. To lead the effort toward improved climate-related risk management and disclosure, they have formed a range of initiatives, including the Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change, the Investor Agenda, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Climate Action 100+, and the Transition Pathway Initiative, among others. Importantly, these initiatives …

The Unlikely Climate Superhero

THE ACCOUNTANT Engineering and technology leaders have the greatest claim to saving our planet and providing a low-cost clean and 100% renewable energy future.  Theodore Wright was an aerospace engineer.  His law of cost reduction with the accumulated doubling of production delivers engineering innovations that continue to break down cost barriers for wind, solar, battery and EV technologies. The environmental …