Website Text-Messaging

The Challenge: Comverge wanted to add SMS (text message) notifications to TheWattSpot.com- their residential real time energy pricing program. TheWattSpot.com is the nation’s first energy program to alert customers of current energy prices, so delivering email as well as text messages promptly was an essential component to their notification system.

The Solution: Mass Transmit, working in conjunction with Comverge, delivered a custom built, scalable SMS platform that tied directly into their RRTP (residential real time pricing) system. The system delivers notification messages to their customers based on the preferences or thresholds set at the individual level.

Customers were able to sign up for the “price notification system” and receive emails or text messages on their cell phone enabling them to modify their energy consumption based on current availability and needs.

The Results: TheWattSpot.com’s price notification system has received great feedback from Comverge customers. With energy sustainability being the focus of most consumers, it is systems such as these that promote both fiscal responsibility and energy awareness. Additionally, the exposure and press have helped position Comverge as a valuable contributer to a greener and more eco-friendly energy industry.