Signals from the energy edge.
Notes on utility data, trustworthy systems, interoperability and the grid. How we think about the hard parts, and what we're building.
How to get your energy data in Ontario: a plain guide to Green Button
Ontario law now requires utilities to hand over your energy data in a standard, machine-readable form. It is called Green Button. Here is what that means in plain terms, how to get your data (or your customers' data) automatically, and what you can do with it.
From utility bills to a Scope 1 and 2 emissions inventory
Most of a building or company's Scope 1 and 2 emissions come straight from data already sitting on utility bills. Here is how the accounting works, what the 2026 disclosure rules ask for, and how to build the inventory from the bills you already receive.
Building performance standards in 2026: deadlines, penalties, and how to stay ahead
More than 40 US cities and states now require large buildings to benchmark energy use, and a growing number attach real penalties for missing emissions limits. Here is what is due, what it costs to miss it, and how to get the data ready.
Toronto's 2027 energy reporting rule: is your building now in scope?
Toronto is extending mandatory energy and water reporting to buildings as small as 10,000 sq ft in 2027. If you own a mid-size building in the city, here is what changes, what you have to report, and how to be ready.
The energy-reporting wave is building: what changes by 2027, and how to get ahead
Mandatory energy and emissions reporting is expanding across Canada and the US, with new and tighter deadlines landing through 2027. Here is what is coming, starting with Canada, and how to make every deadline a background task instead of an annual scramble.
Utility bill errors: why most organizations overpay, and where to look
Independent audits keep finding the same thing: most commercial and industrial accounts are billed incorrectly. Here is where the mistakes hide, why they survive for years, and how to catch them across a portfolio.
Energy use intensity (EUI), explained: the one number every building owner should track
EUI turns a building's messy energy history into a single, comparable number. Here is exactly how it is calculated, how it relates to the ENERGY STAR score, and why the data behind it is where most teams struggle.
Getting clean data out of utility bills: manual entry vs OCR vs reasoning
Three ways to turn a stack of utility bills into usable data, and why the difference shows up the moment you scale past a handful of accounts. A practical comparison for anyone tired of re-keying bills.
Why utility bills need reasoning, not OCR
OCR reads characters. Utility data needs a system that understands tariffs, meters and the relationships between fields. Here is the difference, and why it matters for billing accuracy.
Green Button and the standardized-data problem
Green Button promises interoperable energy data. In practice, ingestion is where programs stall. A look at how we normalize XML, PDFs and portals into one model.
Mapping Canada's grid, one layer at a time
Behind the Canada Grid Atlas: how we combined power-plant, transmission, substation and live-price data into one fast, explorable map of the country's electricity system.
Trusted-domain AI: confidence and provenance for energy
General models hallucinate. Energy decisions cannot afford that. How EnergyAI's Knowledge Trust Framework grounds every answer in curated, cited knowledge.
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