Energy for today,
a plan for the future

Across US power markets, the largest source of future cost increases is expected to come from non-energy components of the bill such as capacity, transmission, distribution, and other reliability charges. These charges are driven less by total energy usage and more by the amount of demand a customer place on the grid during peak conditions.

Advocate Aurora Health, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health systems, faced rising utility costs and aggressive sustainability goals while seeking predictable, long-term savings. Like many organizations, they needed access to clean, renewable energy without the burden of installing or maintaining on-site systems.

Many energy buyers think they are simply making a purchase when they sign a supply agreement. In reality they are covering an open short position. By consuming power and gas without having secured the forward cost every business is short the commodity.