A number of utilities have created new rate options for their large commercial customers during the last few years. Can conjunctive, time-of-use, critical period, and other rates be successful with commercial energy users? With deregulation on the wane, this report examines efforts many utilities are ...

Several energy service providers (ESPs) across the country are offering thermography services to their commercial and industrial customers to assist them in their preventative-maintenance efforts. We examined three successful thermography programs, focusing on how these utilities market their thermal-imaging ...

The U.S. federal government is in dire need of energy services, and now it is more willing and able than ever to acquire these services from third parties such as utilities and ESCOs. New contracting vehicles are opening up significant service opportunities. For instance, the U.S. General Services ...