Customer profiles featuring energy management best practices.

Case Study: Silence is Golden

July 20, 2011 at 1:20 pm

The Situation VP of Procurement at large hospital network asks incumbent supplier if he has heard of World Energy as he gets ready to take procurement to auction World Energy Insight Dead silence on the other end of the phone, followed by flustered reasons not to go to auction Result Said the VP of Procurement, [...]

Case Study: SW Gas Utility Hits the Trifecta: Time Savings, Cost Savings, and an Organized Audit Trail for Regulators

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The Situation Customer was burdened with a 6-8 week long process for collecting, reviewing, and awarding bids for their annual summer gas buy. World Energy Action World Energy standardized the auction process from product parameters to supplier outreach. Result The auction saw fierce bidding and was awarded 15 minutes after event close, a significant departure [...]

Case Study: One-Two Punch for Hockey Team

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July 19, 2011 at 5:01 pm

The Situation Minor League hockey team needed a new power deal and a marketing agreement/sponsorship. World Energy Action World Energy assisted in drafting the unique online Sealed Bid Auction RFP to assist with both the power and marketing agreement procurement. World Energy ran a liquid and successful Sealed Bid Event. Result Hockey team was able [...]

Case Study: Good Is Good, But Better Is Better

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The Situation Existing government customer strongly considered accepting renewal pricing from incumbent supplier. World Energy Insight After analyzing the offer in light of the current market environment, World Energy recommended that the customer not accept the offer and instead go to auction for competitive supply. Result Leaving guaranteed savings on the table and risking that [...]

Case Study: Tax Hikes Averted by Energy Auction Success

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The Situation New government customer had been on utility, had never shopped for competitive supply. World Energy Action World Energy aggregated 154 accounts onto one contract, getting a single price that got the customer budget certainty for 2 years. Ran multiple auctions testing green parameters. Result City saved $375,000+ on energy (23% of their energy [...]

Case Study: Driving DR Payments to New Heights

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May 20, 2011 at 9:03 am

The Situation One of our Fortune 500 manufacturing customers is approached by a leading demand response provider and offered a 70/30 split for their maiden program participation. Customers asks World Energy what we think of the offer. World Energy Insight Based on the customer’s large curtailable load, World Energy knew demand response providers would compete [...]

Case Study: Make that a “Skinny” Latte

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May 19, 2011 at 10:41 am

The Situation Our customer’s incumbent supplier tried to dissuade them from taking electricity business out to competitive auction. World Energy Action World Energy prepared customer well, so incumbent’s protest did not come as a surprise. Customer insisted incumbent bid through auction or not at all. Result A highly-liquid event that delivered major savings and included [...]

Case Study: Town Consortium Goes Green, Saves Big

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May 18, 2011 at 10:15 am

The Situation Customer who had never competitively procured electricity before sought to create a consortium of towns and host a competitive procurement. World Energy Action Working with the customer, towns and agencies were invited to a meeting where World Energy explained services and goals of procurement. We proceeded to market each town, on behalf of [...]

Case Study: Dual Fuel Auction Proves ‘Educational’

May 17, 2011 at 6:00 pm

The Situation NY-based university had dual fuel account, and a standard supply contract. World Energy Action World Energy ran a competitive “dual fuel” auction, asking suppliers for deeply discounted basis pricing in return for fuel oil switch rights. Result Winning supplier was given 240 days of oil switch rights as part of the transaction. Our [...]

Case Study: Mining for Savings in Pennsylvania

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The Situation Mining company historically purchased electricity directly from the utility. Options under newly deregulated marketplace were to purchase at either volatile hourly prices or at a transitional utility default fixed rate. World Energy Action World Energy helped our customer project and reconcile future consumption to historical usage to increase supplier liquidity and mitigate supplier [...]