Black Hills Announces Major Expansion of Opower Customer Engagement Program

Opower OPWR, the global leader in cloud-based software for the utility industry, today announced that Black Hills Energy is expanding its successful customer engagement program to deliver Opower's Big Data-powered energy insights to 30,000 additional households across Pueblo, Colorado. The expansion includes Opower's Digital Engagement offering and its Energy Efficiency offering with Home Energy Reports. The expansion gives thousands of Black Hills customers a full set of tools to manage their energy use. "Opower's energy efficiency program has received a tremendous reception from our customers, who now have more control over their energy use than ever before," said Steve Jurek, Director of Energy Efficiency of Black Hills. "We're excited to expand this program to even more customers. Black Hills' increasing investment in these programs demonstrates our strong commitment to delivering a modern utility experience for our customers." Opower first partnered with Black Hills Energy in February of 2015, delivering personalized energy insights and an upgraded web portal to 45,000 gas customers across Colorado. "Black Hills joins an ever-growing group of leading utility companies that have seen strong results from Opower's platform," said Dan Yates, co-founder and CEO of Opower. "Nothing underscores our value proposition better than client expansions, and we look forward to our growing partnership with Black Hills."