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World Energy Solutions is helping Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness trim more than $1 million in energy costs.

Blog | Dan Mees | January 29, 2013 at 5:13 pm

Lots in the news these days about the traction – and funding – energy efficiency programs are gaining in the Northeast and across the country. Just last week Lawrence Berkeley National Labs published a report on an anticipated increase in energy efficiency programs funded by electric and natural gas utility customers, a dramatic doubling to [...]

Spartech Expects to Cut Over $1 Million in Energy Costs with World Energy Solutions

Press Releases | May 22, 2012 at 8:00 am

Savings Set to Grow as Leading Plastics Manufacturer Engages World Energy in Multi-Year Energy Management Contract St. Louis, MO and Worcester, MA – May 22, 2012 – World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES), a fast-growing energy management services firm, today announced it has won a new three year energy management contract with Spartech Corporation (NYSE: [...]

Demand Response Auctions Help GSA Generate More Competition and Keep More Revenues from Energy Curtailment Participation

Press Releases | March 1, 2012 at 8:00 am

GSA Energy Division Turns to Innovative Demand Response Sourcing Tool, the World DR Exchange®, to Extract More Value from Markets and Offset Risk Worcester, MA – March 1, 2012 – World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES), a leading energy management services firm, today announced it successfully teamed with the GSA Energy Division to auction approximately [...]

Need Help Deciphering Changes To the PJM Demand Response Market? You Are Not Alone

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Blog | Luke McAuliffe | February 8, 2012 at 2:45 pm

I recently led a well-attended webinar for Demand Response participants in the PJM region. Its intent was to inform people about the implications that are occurring as a result of PJM’s transition to a “capped” or “pure forward capacity” market. In short, there is only so much capacity available at certain price levels on an [...]

Natural Gas Futures Prices Continue Their Decline

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Blog | Dave Laipple | January 13, 2012 at 11:07 am

Natural gas prices dropped to a 28 month low yesterday, following the release of EIA data showing storage levels significantly above five-year average levels. Warm weather across the country has lowered demand while output levels are at record highs due to new supplies from shale formations. There is considerable speculation that these factors could continue [...]

Case Study: NYC Hospital Completes a ‘Blend and Extend’

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Case Studies | July 27, 2011 at 9:12 am

The Situation NYC-based hospital group has an electric contract that runs through August 2012. Their current rate is $.1099/kwh. World Energy Action World Energy saw an opportunity to extend the contract at lower rates, blending the existing price with the lower rate, resulting in immediate savings. World Energy requested offers from all suppliers and also requested blend/extend offers [...]

Case Study: Pardon the Interruption

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Case Studies | July 26, 2011 at 4:29 pm

The Situation A New England State had many interruptible accounts with very high costs. The interruptible rate was linked directly to fuel prices, which were much higher than natural gas. World Energy Action Since the State was paying a higher cost for less service, we helped the State switch accounts from an interruptible to a firm [...]

Case Study: Plastics Firm Enjoys Energy Savings and Price Certainty

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Case Studies | at 9:59 am

The Situation Customer’s energy expense is a significant portion of their overall cost structure and they elect to obtain fixed prices when appropriate. Current electricity and natural gas contracts deals expire in November 2011 and December 2011, respectively. World Energy Action World Energy monitors and updates customer on market movements prompting them to seek extensions. [...]

Case Study: Auction Agility Nets Both Kinds of Green for Jim Thorpe’s Hometown

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Case Studies | July 24, 2011 at 1:24 pm

The Situation New government customer faced a 30% electric rate increase as rate caps expired in PA. World Energy Action World Energy aggregated 35 accounts onto one contract, getting a single price that got the customer budget certainty for 23 months. Ran multiple auctions testing green parameters. Result County saved over $50,000 over the life [...]

Case Study: With ‘Friends’ Like These…

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Case Studies | July 21, 2011 at 4:05 pm

The Situation Hospital in state aggregation group suspected it wasn’t getting a great rate on power. World Energy Action World Energy put together an auction, while also soliciting a “best bid” from the supplier chosen by the aggregation group. Result The auction resulted in over $200K in savings over the aggregation rate. The incumbent supplier [...]