by kim | Aug 30, 2026 | Business, Energy
By Jason Guck, Delta Edge CI The August bill is the one that tells the truth about how a facility handled peak season. By the time it arrives, the heat is starting to break, but the demand charges, capacity tags, and usage patterns baked into that invoice will shape...
by kim | Aug 28, 2026 | Business, Energy
By Jason Guck, Delta Edge CI Every utility rate increase that eventually shows up on an invoice started as a filing, and most of those filings are public months before they take effect. Fall is when a large share of the year’s rate cases move through state...
by kim | Aug 28, 2026 | Business, Energy
By Jason Guck, Delta Edge CI Compressed air is often called the most expensive utility in a manufacturing plant, and the reason is simple: generating it is energy-intensive, and most systems lose a meaningful share of what they generate before it ever reaches a tool...
by kim | Aug 28, 2026 | Business, Energy
By Jason Guck, Delta Edge CI Every zero-capital-outlay energy program gets sold on the same promise: reductions funded from savings, no capital required. What operators actually want to know is what the first year looks like in practice. Here is a realistic...
by kim | Aug 4, 2026 | Business, Energy
By Jason Guck, Delta Edge CIFranchise operators live inside a contradiction that independent operators do not face. The brand agreement dictates lighting levels, HVAC setpoints, signage, and equipment specs down to the model number, all in service of a consistent...
by kim | Jul 27, 2026 | Business, Energy
By Jason Guck, Delta Edge CI A rate case is easy to read as weather. It happens somewhere else, on someone else’s timeline, and by the time it reaches your operating budget the argument is already over. In the first half of 2026, U.S. utilities requested $18.6...
