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Making Energy Easy Again

In The News | March 26, 2013 at 8:00 am

Source: Energy Manager Today

World Energy Solutions Selected by TIPS/TAPS Purchasing Program as Approved Energy Services Provider

Press Releases | September 12, 2012 at 8:00 am

Designation Increases Government Buyers’ Access to Top Energy Procurement Services, Streamlines Contracting Process Houston and Dallas, TX – September 12, 2012 – World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES), a leading energy management services firm, today announced it has been selected by The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS/TAPS) as an approved energy services vendor for its members. [...]

ReCharge NY, but Avoid the Seven-year Itch

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Blog | Luke McAuliffe | March 15, 2012 at 1:41 pm

As many of you know, the “ReCharge NY” program is replacing the old “Power for Jobs” program that has been in place for many years. Both of these programs are economic development plans that provide deeply discounted electricity rates to organizations across New York State in hopes of helping them retain and/or hire more workers. [...]

MY “Five Steps for Planting the Seeds of an Energy-Savings Program”

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Blog | Phil Adams | March 7, 2012 at 6:03 pm

What struck me about Mario Rufino’s article over at Environmental Leader is how eloquently it frames the backstory of the sustainability officer: well-intentioned, under-funded, and somewhat disconnected. It highlights what we see every day in our customer work: the importance of a holistic approach to energy management particularly as it pertains to sustainability. Here are [...]

Energy Procurement Arrives in the 21st Century

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Blog | Dan Mees | January 11, 2012 at 11:06 am

If you care about saving your company money on energy costs this year, or know someone who does, you owe it to yourself to read Eric Bloom’s post, “Procurement Arrives in the 21st Century.” Eric is an analyst at Pike Research, one of the few industry analyst firms that gets that there is an energy [...]

Case Study: Top 10 LDC Sizzles with Efficiency

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Case Studies | July 29, 2011 at 3:06 pm

The Situation Customer burdened with the manual execution of a complex and time-consuming process for buying winter peaking gas. World Energy Action In 10 days, World Energy structured and sent to suppliers the inaugural set of auction events featuring temperature trigger and everyday peaking products - 64 tranches total. Result Extremely competitive auction event with 17 unique bidders [...]

Case Study: Energy Procurement Brings Smiles to Dental College

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Case Studies | July 28, 2011 at 2:13 pm

The Situation University that had previously been part of a State procurement chose to venture out alone and needed to procure quickly World Energy Action World Energy’s unique understanding of state procurement regulations combined with our market expertise allowed us to move quickly and competently Result The customer locked in a four year basis contract which [...]

Case Study: Old Transacting Processes Get a Facelift

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Case Studies | July 26, 2011 at 10:09 am

The Situation A returning Customer struggled with their internal process of awarding 80 auctions to 20 unique bidders. World Energy Action World Energy worked with Customer and Customer’s Risk Management Team to develop and implement an Electronic Deal Ticket process in order to eliminate time spent hand-writing over 30 separate awarded deal tickets. Result Customer [...]

Case Study: Auction Nets Northwest Electric Utility Price Discovery and Savings

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Case Studies | July 22, 2011 at 8:37 am

The Situation Customer wasn’t impressed with the response he was receiving from the market, so he called up World Energy to help secure pricing. World Energy Action World Energy took the product to auction and recommended an aggressive Opening Price, which helped set bidders’ expectations in a market that was not very transparent. Result The [...]

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

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Case Studies | July 20, 2011 at 9:47 am

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 [...]