--- title: Hometown Connections Teams with Apogee Interactive To Promote Customer Engagement description: LAKEWOOD, CO and ATLANTA, GA – July 27, 2017 – Hometown Connections, the utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association, and  Apogee Interactive announced a partnership to provide online customer engagement and energy analysis tools to public power electric, gas, and water utilities. Apogee is the country’s leading provider of personalized, outbound messaging and analysis for residential customers.  Currently offering services to more than 600 utilities here and abroad, Apogee has an extraordinary 24-year track record of innovation, service, and customer loyalty. image: https://info.brillion.ai/hubfs/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760093.jpg --- [![Brillion Software Logo](https://info.brillion.ai/hubfs/Brillion%20Logo%20for%20HubSpot.svg)](https://brillion.ai) ### Self-Service Solutions ## Special Purpose Calculator Options [Request A Demo](##) - Electric Vehicle - Heating - Space Heater - Water Heater - Lighting - Appliances(With ENERGY STAR) - Heat Pump - Clothes Dryer - Cooking - TV Press Release ## Hometown Connections Teams with Apogee Interactive To Promote Customer Engagement [Apogee](https://info.brillion.ai/press/author/apogee) Jul 27, 2017 --- Personalized, Outbound Energy Messaging for Public Power Residential Customers Delivers Higher Satisfaction and Measurable Results... LAKEWOOD, CO and ATLANTA, GA – July 27, 2017 – [Hometown Connections](http://www.hometownconnections.com/), the utility services subsidiary of the [American Public Power Association](http://publicpower.org/), and  [Apogee Interactive](https://www.apogee.net/) announced a partnership to provide online customer engagement and energy analysis tools to public power electric, gas, and water utilities. Apogee is the country’s leading provider of personalized, outbound messaging and analysis for residential customers.  Currently offering services to more than 600 utilities here and abroad, Apogee has an extraordinary 24-year track record of innovation, service, and customer loyalty. Through Hometown Connections, American Public Power Association members gain access to products/services from industry leading vendors vetted and endorsed for public power, as well as consulting support in the areas of organization assessment, strategic planning, market research, and workforce solutions. “Hometown Connections has long admired Apogee’s ability to transform utility data into attractive, online, easy-to-understand, personalized messaging for residential customers,” said Bill Smart, Senior Vice President, Business Development. “Apogee is a one-stop, best-in-class shop for an impressive array of customizable and measurable customer communications web-based platforms, including video messaging, interactive voice & text response, energy-use alerts, calculators & reports, and home energy audits. Through this new partnership, Apogee and Hometown Connections will help individual utilities, state associations, and joint action agencies offer public power customers personalized and relevant energy information to build trust while increasing satisfaction and engagement.” “Apogee’s mission is delivering cutting-edge innovation to our utility clients, helping them cost-effectively engage and educate their customers,” said Susan Gilbert, Apogee CEO & Co-Founder.  “Educated customers make better energy decisions, which saves them money while positioning the utility as a trusted, credible information source,” she added. “We pride ourselves on exceptional customer loyalty and analytical excellence.”  Apogee’s analysis engine is RESNET accredited as the industry’s most accurate, capable of producing a HERS home rating.  “We are proud to be included as a Hometown Connections partner and look forward to expanding our services to more of the municipal marketplace.” **About Hometown Connections International, LLC** Hometown Connections is the utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association, offering public power utilities guidance and access to quality products/services from a trusted entity with public power’s best interests in mind. Hometown Connections personnel provide consulting support in the areas of organization assessment, strategic planning, governance development, market research, and staffing. Hometown Connections provides discounted pricing on technology, services, and other solutions from industry-leading companies. The products and services offered through Hometown Connections include the full range of advanced grid solutions, as well as financial and organizational management tools and consulting. For more information, visit [www.hometownconnections.com](http://www.hometownconnections.com/), [https://www.facebook.com/HTConnections](https://www.facebook.com/HTConnections), [https://twitter.com/HTConnections](https://twitter.com/HTConnections). **About Apogee Interactive, Inc.** Apogee Interactive is nation’s leading full service provider of proactive customer engagement software services for utilities. A partner with the utility industry since 1993, Apogee’s digital engagement platform delivers on-line and outbound proactive, personalized communication to consumers nationwide. The company’s digital reach extends through more than 600 utilities to 48% of US households and businesses, increasing utility customer satisfaction and slashing costs. Apogee’s SaaS platform enables more meaningful customer engagement, proven sustainable energy results, and improved program performance for utilities. For more information visit [www.apogee.net](http://www.apogee.net/)  or Linkedin  [https://www.linkedin.com/company/99046/](https://www.linkedin.com/company/99046/) **Media and Business Contacts** Hometown Connections:  Bill Smart | bsmart@hometownconnections.com  303-940-7331 Apogee Interactive: Karen Morris | kmorris@apogee.net  678-684-6801 [Press Release](https://info.brillion.ai/press/tag/press-release) ## Similar posts Press Release ##### [Utility Market Connections Shines the Spotlight on Apogee](https://info.brillion.ai/press/utility-market-connections-shines-the-spotlight-on-apogee) Utility Market Connections Shines the Spotlight on Apogee: Susan Gilbert and Utility Market Connections discus how Apogee’s digital engagement... 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