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How EV-Charging Microgrids Can Pencil Out for Car Dealers, Without the Solar, EV Tax Credit

As car dealerships add electric vehicle charging, solar microgrids can help cut utility bills by up to 90%. Charging infrastructure developers can take advantage of the energy storage Investment Tax Credit plus state incentives. As more car dealerships add electric vehicle (EV) chargers to ensure customers drive off the lot fully charged, they face high […]

September 3, 2025

Empire Clean Cities’ 16th Annual Stakeholder Meeting

At Empire Clean Cities’ 16th Annual Stakeholder Meeting, held this June in New York City, Sprocket Power CEO and Co-Founder Maria Fields participated in a featured panel titled “Innovations in Urban Goods Movement.” The session, moderated by Matthew W. Daus of Windels Marx, brought together industry experts and public sector leaders including Empire Clean Cities, […]

July 30, 2025

Sprocket Power Featured at NY BEST conference

Dennis Quinn and Maria Fields, Sprocket Power cofounders, contributed to a panel discussion on grid planning and interconnection at the 15th Annual Capture the Energy Conference & Expo in Albany, NY, in May. The conference, sponsored by The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST), focuses on growing markets and opportunities for energy […]

July 30, 2025

Sprocket Power to speak at NY Clean Fleet Conference in Syracuse

The 5th Annual Clean Trucks NY Conference was held in Syracuse on July 21–22. It was co-sponsored by CALSTART and the Trucking Association of New York (TANY). Sprocket Power CEO Maria Fields participated in a panel discussion that highlighted the cutting-edge clean truck technologies available to the industry. Fields focused on the benefits of deploying […]

July 30, 2025

Sprocket Power Receives Two Con Ed E-Mobility Awards!

At the Con Ed 2025 E-Mobility Awards ceremony on June 16, Sprocket Power received both the SmartCharge Tech Developer & the E-Mobility Innovation awards. Sprocket Power, a recognized national leader in the engineering, installation, and operation of microgrids, is thrilled to be recognized by Con Edison, a national leader in transportation electrification and innovative models […]

June 17, 2025

Sprocket Power Selected for Schneider Electric’s Microgrid Flex Partner Program

KATONAH, NY, May 20, 2025 – Sprocket Power announces its selection as an inaugural partner of Schneider Electric’s Microgrid Flex Partner Program, a program designed to deliver the benefits of microgrids to a broad range of facilities. The collaboration between Schneider Electric and Sprocket Power is focused on the streamlined delivery of these benefits, thereby increasing market adoption and expanding value creation […]

May 20, 2025

Taming the Energy Bill: How NY Dealerships Are Protecting Their Bottom Line with New Utility Programs

As utility costs continue to climb—and fluctuate wildly—dealerships across the New York metro area are feeling the strain. The added load of EV chargers has only amplified the issue, turning a manageable expense into a volatile line item that can erode profitability. But forward-thinking dealerships are taking control—with help from new programs offered by Con […]

April 15, 2025

Utility Costs are Becoming a Big Business Issue: a McKinsey and Co. buyer’s guide to solutions

Business owners know how to manage expenses and maximize profit margins.  They stay ahead of the curve by streamlining their workforce, investing in technology, minimizing operational expenses, and reducing fixed costs.  One expense category that poses a growing risk to profitability for many SMBs is utility costs – an expense category that most businesses have […]

April 11, 2025

Financing To Support Bus Operators with Electrification (As seen in the NYBCA Spring Newsletter)

If there is an area within the transportation sector in urgent need of electrification, it is most certainly the transportation of school-age children.  Continuing to expose our children to toxic exhaust from diesel-powered school buses is too great a health risk.  Electric school buses represent the best, safest alternative for transporting them. The problem, of […]

April 7, 2025