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Opportunities and Challenges of Procurement: A Primer for Energy Managers
July 1, 2004
Electric and natural gas markets in North America are a labyrinth of regulations, market forces, and extreme volatility. For any large company with high energy costs, there is great opportunity to save money, but also the risk of paying much higher prices during certain periods. For end users, understanding ...
Content type: ESCD Report, Service Report | Document ID: CEMC-6 | Author: Nathan Adams, Arthur Venables
Gas Procurement Strategies for Volatile Times
May 1, 2002
Knowing that a repeat performance of what happened to gas prices in the winter of 2000 to 2001 could be career-ending, energy managers for many companies are struggling to find a better way to buy their gas. This report discusses the various strategies and tools available to end users, including fuel ...
Content type: ESCD Report, Research, Service Report | Document ID: CEMC-4 | Author: Neil Kolwey
Making Industrial Electricity Purchases on the Internet
January 1, 2001
While electronic procurement (e-procurement) of energy is booming in the energy wholesale market, online purchasing is in its infancy on the retail side. E source expects that this market will grow and that mid-market industrials will be among the early adopters. This report provides an analysis of where ...
Content type: Research, Service Report | Document ID: IND-3 | Author: Nikhil Gandhi, Pamela Herman Milmoe
In the Legal Zone: Energy Contracts for Industrial Customers
December 1, 2000
There is a fifth dimension beyond what is known to energy service providers in their day-to-day operations. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between law and paranoia. This is the dimension of imagination, an area we call ...
Content type: Research, Service Report | Document ID: IND-2 | Author: Patricia Thompson
Pricing Strategies for Large Commercial Customers
May 1, 2000
Countless surveys of large commercial energy purchasing behavior have identified price as the number one influence in selecting a provider. Many ESPs have interpreted this to mean that customers will always focus on the lowest price. But securing a low price is not nearly as important as getting the ...
Content type: Research, Service Report | Document ID: LC-5 | Author: Tony Burnett
