Knowledge is Vital
Conquer Volatility
We don’t have to tell you how volatile the energy markets have been over the past four years. You’ve seen it for yourselves in your monthly bills. And running a business is hard work, but it’s even harder when you have so much variability in one of your largest overhead expenses.
You can control the rent you pay by negotiating your lease.
You can control your payroll by negotiating salaries with your employees.
We think you should also be able to control the cost you pay for the natural gas and electricity you use.
This will enhance your business planning and budgeting and allow you to focus on what’s really important: growing your business
Energy Linkage
Volatility in natural gas and electricity over the past four years. Most people are aware of this, but many aren’t aware that the prices of these two commodities are now linked. Why is this? Changing market dynamics
Natural Gas Fuels Everything
The main driver of the cost of electricity supply is the fuel used to generate that electricity. As you can see from this chart, most generation plants were powered by coal, which was plentiful and cheap. But over the past 20 years, primarily due to environmental considerations, many plants have switched to natural gas to run their turbines, to the point where more electricity is now generated by gas fired plants than by coal fired plants. This trend is expected not only to continue, but to accelerate in the coming decades