Unified Energy provides energy procurement and management services including commodity procurement, demand response, and data management. It has over 150 years of combined experience in energy markets. Unified Energy was acquired by Tullett Prebon, the #1 ranked interdealer broker of commodities. Tullett Prebon's acquisition of Unified Energy provides access to its international capabilities and over $1 billion in annual revenue. Unified Energy offers customers services like full bill auditing, benchmarking, automated data reporting and tracking of energy budgets to help lower costs.
This presentation by Brian MOTHERWAY, Head of Energy Efficiency Division (International Energy Agency) was made during the discussion “Radical innovation in the electricity sector” held at the 63rd meeting of the OECD Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 19 June 2017. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/1ZW.
Supply Chain Spends: Advancing Sourcing Beyond Procurement Suites CombineNet, Inc.
Sourcing activities in supply chain-driven companies bear more critical weight than in other industries: The sourcing of suppliers for product materials, ingredients, packaging, production services, and transportation services has direct impact on not just costs but also on the company’s ability to satisfactorily deliver product to customers.
Most of those sourcing teams have already implemented a general procurement suite, likely SAP or Ariba or another solution, which includes an e-sourcing module. By now, initial benefits have been realized and may have plateaued. That also means that the limitations of the suite’s e-sourcing tool are now clear – and too many strategic sourcing events are still being handled using spreadsheets and other “off-line” de-centralized processes because they are not supported by the technology.
Are you among sourcing professionals who are now asking, “What’s next?” to get you to the next phase of savings, productivity, and innovation?
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 8 - PricingLeonardo ENERGY
Once the revenue requirements are established they should be converted into tariff systems. This session explains the major economic principles of electricity pricing and the general pricing models using average and marginal costs. Moreover the session explores the major pricing models for the electricity activities including: generation, transmission, distribution and retail activities.
* Pricing principles : economic efficiency - cost recovery
* General pricing models : average cost pricing - marginal cost pricing
* Cost allocation issue
* Pricing for different activities in the electricity industry : generation pricing - transmission pricing - distribution pricing - retail supply pricing
Designed using insight gathered from our customers, this report presents some of the perceived ‘barriers’ to flexibility and highlights how Dong Energy are helping to address these as a company.
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 3 - Price RegulationLeonardo ENERGY
Session 3: Price Regulation
This session explains different forms of price control including the classical rate of return organisation and more advanced forms of incentive regulation. It will also explain the design criteria for different price control models.
• Major price control models: Rate of return / Cap regulation / Yardstick competition / Sliding scale regulation
• Principle design criteria: Efficiency properties / Demand impact / Regulatory burden / Practicability / Coherence with industry and market design
This presentation by Brian MOTHERWAY, Head of Energy Efficiency Division (International Energy Agency) was made during the discussion “Radical innovation in the electricity sector” held at the 63rd meeting of the OECD Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 19 June 2017. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/1ZW.
Supply Chain Spends: Advancing Sourcing Beyond Procurement Suites CombineNet, Inc.
Sourcing activities in supply chain-driven companies bear more critical weight than in other industries: The sourcing of suppliers for product materials, ingredients, packaging, production services, and transportation services has direct impact on not just costs but also on the company’s ability to satisfactorily deliver product to customers.
Most of those sourcing teams have already implemented a general procurement suite, likely SAP or Ariba or another solution, which includes an e-sourcing module. By now, initial benefits have been realized and may have plateaued. That also means that the limitations of the suite’s e-sourcing tool are now clear – and too many strategic sourcing events are still being handled using spreadsheets and other “off-line” de-centralized processes because they are not supported by the technology.
Are you among sourcing professionals who are now asking, “What’s next?” to get you to the next phase of savings, productivity, and innovation?
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 8 - PricingLeonardo ENERGY
Once the revenue requirements are established they should be converted into tariff systems. This session explains the major economic principles of electricity pricing and the general pricing models using average and marginal costs. Moreover the session explores the major pricing models for the electricity activities including: generation, transmission, distribution and retail activities.
* Pricing principles : economic efficiency - cost recovery
* General pricing models : average cost pricing - marginal cost pricing
* Cost allocation issue
* Pricing for different activities in the electricity industry : generation pricing - transmission pricing - distribution pricing - retail supply pricing
Designed using insight gathered from our customers, this report presents some of the perceived ‘barriers’ to flexibility and highlights how Dong Energy are helping to address these as a company.
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 3 - Price RegulationLeonardo ENERGY
Session 3: Price Regulation
This session explains different forms of price control including the classical rate of return organisation and more advanced forms of incentive regulation. It will also explain the design criteria for different price control models.
• Major price control models: Rate of return / Cap regulation / Yardstick competition / Sliding scale regulation
• Principle design criteria: Efficiency properties / Demand impact / Regulatory burden / Practicability / Coherence with industry and market design
Competition policy in the digital age final projectAntonino Galo
This is a short description related to Regulator policy, Framework delimitations, directed to people involved in policy making about Competition Policy in Digital Era.
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 1 - Regulation General PrinciplesLeonardo ENERGY
This session explains the main tasks of regulation and addresses three main questions: what is regulated, where is it regulated, and how is it regulated.
In addition, we explain how the communication between regulators and regulated companies is organised, and how the regulatory performance is measured.
• General tasks of regulators: Price, Quality, Market functioning
• Areas of regulation
• Scope of regulation
• Methods of regulation
• Institutional questions
• Consultation and communication
• Regulatory performance : External performance, Internal Performance
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 7 - Quality Of Supply RegulationLeonardo ENERGY
Quality of supply regulation is becoming more and more important as cost-decreasing incentives may have a mid- and long-term effect on the quality provided. This session explains how quality of supply is defined, measured and regulated.
* Quality definition: Reliability / Commercial quality / Technical quality
* Quality measurement
* Relevance of quality regulation
* Regulatory quality control
* Indirect controls
* Minimum standards
* Incentive schemes
* Design of incentive schemes for quality
* Parameters / Controllability / Incentive function (shape, dead bands, cap and floors)
* Outage cost.
The allowed revenue for provision of regulated services includes the operating cost, depreciation and return on regulated assets. The return, if calculated as the allowed rate of return (cost of capital) is charged on the regulatory asset base. This session explains how to the regulated revenue is set and the role of regulatory asset base (RAB).
This session explains the nature of economic regulation. It discusses the central question why some parts of the electricity value chain remain regulated and are not subject to competition.
Furthermore, four main issues regarding an adequate regulatory regime are addressed:
· Areas: Where should be regulated?
· Scope: What should be regulated?
· Type: How should be regulated?
· Institutions: Who should regulate?
Special emphasis is put on the types of regulation respectively the different forms of price control and their effects (advantages / disadvantages) – including incentive regulation. A short overview on the current legislation and application of price control in the EU completes the session.
Regulatory incentives for reduction of network lossesLeonardo ENERGY
Environmental concerns remain a driving force for European energy policy, as exemplified by last years’ directive on energy efficiency. The directive sets the legislative framework to achieve energy efficiency targets. Since electricity network losses comprise a significant component of electricity demand, regulatory incentives to facilitate loss reduction in electricity networks should be in place. This webinar evaluates the incentives for investments in low-loss equipment in differing regulatory settings and outlines pathways to assure the proper embedding of these incentives.
The main focus of this course is on the introduction, characterisation and analysis of renewable energy support schemes and instruments.
A variety of promotion strategies for renewable energy sources in the electricity sector (RES-E) have been implemented in EU Member States. The main ones are price-based feed-in tariffs or premiums and quantity-based quota systems using tradable green certificates. Much work has been devoted to the motivation for and evaluation of these instruments, mostly in the form of country/local case studies, model simulations, or econometric modeling. The main drivers behind these policies are addressing the externalities of the environmentally harmful emissions of electricity generation and stimulating technological innovation. The most frequently used evaluation criteria of policies are their effectiveness and economic efficiency.
SmartestEnergy: Introduction to the Electricity MarketFrancesca Schoultz
At the Scottish Renewables, Continued Professional Development Event on 6th July 2016, Iain Robertson, Generation Sales Manager presented an Introduction to the Electricity Market which covered: What is a PPA, How is power traded and the role of ELEXON.
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 6 - Efficiency AssessmentsLeonardo ENERGY
Regulators use efficiency assessment to set the efficiency targets of the regulated service providers. This session explains the role of the efficiency assessment, the methods to measure efficiency and the incorporation of efficiency results in the price control.
* Why measure efficiency?
* Methods for efficiency assessments : Uni-dimensional ratio analysis / Statistical and econometric methods / Linear programming methods / Virtual network models
* Application of efficiency results o TOTEX versus OPEX benchmarking : Building block approach / Cost controllability (short- and long-term) / Efficiency convergence speed / Capping efficiency scores / Using efficiency bands
Training Module on Electricity Market Regulation - SESSION 7 - Quality of Sup...Leonardo ENERGY
Quality of supply regulation is becoming more and more important as cost-decreasing incentives may have a mid- and long-term effect on the quality provided. This session explains how quality of supply is defined, measured and regulated.
Quality definition: Reliability / Commercial quality / Technical quality
Quality measurement
Relevance of quality regulation
Regulatory quality control
Indirect controls
Minimum standards
Incentive schemes
Design of incentive schemes for quality
Parameters / Controllability / Incentive function (shape, dead bands, cap and floors)
Outage cost.
Best Practices in Designing and Implementing Energy Efficiency Obligation Sch...Leonardo ENERGY
An energy efficiency obligation (EEO) is a regulatory mechanism that requires obligated parties to meet quantitative energy saving targets by delivering or procuring eligible energy savings produced by implementing approved end-use energy efficiency measures.
Governments have endeavoured to improve end-use energy efficiency, and in some cases to also achieve other objectives, by designing and implementing schemes that place EEOs on particular parties.
This webinar will summarise the results from detailed case studies and a unique comparative analysis of 19 different EEO schemes implemented in a range of jurisdictions around the world.
The webinar will also identify a set of best practices that can be employed in designing and implementing an EEO scheme.
Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement - Why and HowWRI India
Part A: The Theory of Renewable Energy Procurement
Part B: Experience of Corporate Leaders
Part C: Annexure – List of Permits/ Clearances needed for Renewable Energy Projects
Market based instruments as a policy instrument for environmental problemsGlen Speering
A short (15min) presentation on examples of market based instruments for addressing environmental problems. Definitions, caveats and popularity are covered.
Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session 1Leonardo ENERGY
This session is devoted to the design of schemes for the large-scale dissemination of renewable energy technologies in developing countries. Market-based mechanisms overcome partly the limits of donor aid-projects. They build on public-private partnerships where a network of local entrepreneurs contributes to the maintenance of systems.
The example of solar home systems will be explained. Even if there are in many instances in parity with fossil fuels, small photovoltaic systems remain unaffordable for the majority of rural inhabitants without proper financial support mechanisms. But in the most active countries, the number of systems disseminated is now in the range of several ten thousands to several hundred thousands systems, thanks to the implementation of rural energy services companies.
Recent technological innovation could contribute to the acceleration of the diffusion of solar photovoltaic. The innovation introduced by the massive diffusion of mobile phones in developing countries tends simultaneously to create new markets for small photovoltaic systems and could improve the conditions for the diffusion of these systems by facilitating the daily management of these systems by rural energy services companies. Furthermore, Light Emitting Diodes (LED) technology opens new perspectives of self-sustained market diffusion.
The implementation of small rural energy services companies can also help to disseminate a wider range of products: LPG, cookstoves, biodigesters... New practices from rural energy providers tend to target more precisely the demand of end-users by combining the offer of photovoltaic systems with a variety of technologies to satisfy other energy needs than basic lighting in rural areas.
Concrete case studies from the dissemination of different renewable energy technologies in developing countries will be presented, notably in Zambia, South Africa, Bangladesh, China...
It will conclude with the institutional and regulatory framework that needs to be implemented to help rural energy services companies to thrive even in the most remote areas of developing countries.
Competition policy in the digital age final projectAntonino Galo
This is a short description related to Regulator policy, Framework delimitations, directed to people involved in policy making about Competition Policy in Digital Era.
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 1 - Regulation General PrinciplesLeonardo ENERGY
This session explains the main tasks of regulation and addresses three main questions: what is regulated, where is it regulated, and how is it regulated.
In addition, we explain how the communication between regulators and regulated companies is organised, and how the regulatory performance is measured.
• General tasks of regulators: Price, Quality, Market functioning
• Areas of regulation
• Scope of regulation
• Methods of regulation
• Institutional questions
• Consultation and communication
• Regulatory performance : External performance, Internal Performance
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 7 - Quality Of Supply RegulationLeonardo ENERGY
Quality of supply regulation is becoming more and more important as cost-decreasing incentives may have a mid- and long-term effect on the quality provided. This session explains how quality of supply is defined, measured and regulated.
* Quality definition: Reliability / Commercial quality / Technical quality
* Quality measurement
* Relevance of quality regulation
* Regulatory quality control
* Indirect controls
* Minimum standards
* Incentive schemes
* Design of incentive schemes for quality
* Parameters / Controllability / Incentive function (shape, dead bands, cap and floors)
* Outage cost.
The allowed revenue for provision of regulated services includes the operating cost, depreciation and return on regulated assets. The return, if calculated as the allowed rate of return (cost of capital) is charged on the regulatory asset base. This session explains how to the regulated revenue is set and the role of regulatory asset base (RAB).
This session explains the nature of economic regulation. It discusses the central question why some parts of the electricity value chain remain regulated and are not subject to competition.
Furthermore, four main issues regarding an adequate regulatory regime are addressed:
· Areas: Where should be regulated?
· Scope: What should be regulated?
· Type: How should be regulated?
· Institutions: Who should regulate?
Special emphasis is put on the types of regulation respectively the different forms of price control and their effects (advantages / disadvantages) – including incentive regulation. A short overview on the current legislation and application of price control in the EU completes the session.
Regulatory incentives for reduction of network lossesLeonardo ENERGY
Environmental concerns remain a driving force for European energy policy, as exemplified by last years’ directive on energy efficiency. The directive sets the legislative framework to achieve energy efficiency targets. Since electricity network losses comprise a significant component of electricity demand, regulatory incentives to facilitate loss reduction in electricity networks should be in place. This webinar evaluates the incentives for investments in low-loss equipment in differing regulatory settings and outlines pathways to assure the proper embedding of these incentives.
The main focus of this course is on the introduction, characterisation and analysis of renewable energy support schemes and instruments.
A variety of promotion strategies for renewable energy sources in the electricity sector (RES-E) have been implemented in EU Member States. The main ones are price-based feed-in tariffs or premiums and quantity-based quota systems using tradable green certificates. Much work has been devoted to the motivation for and evaluation of these instruments, mostly in the form of country/local case studies, model simulations, or econometric modeling. The main drivers behind these policies are addressing the externalities of the environmentally harmful emissions of electricity generation and stimulating technological innovation. The most frequently used evaluation criteria of policies are their effectiveness and economic efficiency.
SmartestEnergy: Introduction to the Electricity MarketFrancesca Schoultz
At the Scottish Renewables, Continued Professional Development Event on 6th July 2016, Iain Robertson, Generation Sales Manager presented an Introduction to the Electricity Market which covered: What is a PPA, How is power traded and the role of ELEXON.
Electricity Markets Regulation - Lesson 6 - Efficiency AssessmentsLeonardo ENERGY
Regulators use efficiency assessment to set the efficiency targets of the regulated service providers. This session explains the role of the efficiency assessment, the methods to measure efficiency and the incorporation of efficiency results in the price control.
* Why measure efficiency?
* Methods for efficiency assessments : Uni-dimensional ratio analysis / Statistical and econometric methods / Linear programming methods / Virtual network models
* Application of efficiency results o TOTEX versus OPEX benchmarking : Building block approach / Cost controllability (short- and long-term) / Efficiency convergence speed / Capping efficiency scores / Using efficiency bands
Training Module on Electricity Market Regulation - SESSION 7 - Quality of Sup...Leonardo ENERGY
Quality of supply regulation is becoming more and more important as cost-decreasing incentives may have a mid- and long-term effect on the quality provided. This session explains how quality of supply is defined, measured and regulated.
Quality definition: Reliability / Commercial quality / Technical quality
Quality measurement
Relevance of quality regulation
Regulatory quality control
Indirect controls
Minimum standards
Incentive schemes
Design of incentive schemes for quality
Parameters / Controllability / Incentive function (shape, dead bands, cap and floors)
Outage cost.
Best Practices in Designing and Implementing Energy Efficiency Obligation Sch...Leonardo ENERGY
An energy efficiency obligation (EEO) is a regulatory mechanism that requires obligated parties to meet quantitative energy saving targets by delivering or procuring eligible energy savings produced by implementing approved end-use energy efficiency measures.
Governments have endeavoured to improve end-use energy efficiency, and in some cases to also achieve other objectives, by designing and implementing schemes that place EEOs on particular parties.
This webinar will summarise the results from detailed case studies and a unique comparative analysis of 19 different EEO schemes implemented in a range of jurisdictions around the world.
The webinar will also identify a set of best practices that can be employed in designing and implementing an EEO scheme.
Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement - Why and HowWRI India
Part A: The Theory of Renewable Energy Procurement
Part B: Experience of Corporate Leaders
Part C: Annexure – List of Permits/ Clearances needed for Renewable Energy Projects
Market based instruments as a policy instrument for environmental problemsGlen Speering
A short (15min) presentation on examples of market based instruments for addressing environmental problems. Definitions, caveats and popularity are covered.
Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session 1Leonardo ENERGY
This session is devoted to the design of schemes for the large-scale dissemination of renewable energy technologies in developing countries. Market-based mechanisms overcome partly the limits of donor aid-projects. They build on public-private partnerships where a network of local entrepreneurs contributes to the maintenance of systems.
The example of solar home systems will be explained. Even if there are in many instances in parity with fossil fuels, small photovoltaic systems remain unaffordable for the majority of rural inhabitants without proper financial support mechanisms. But in the most active countries, the number of systems disseminated is now in the range of several ten thousands to several hundred thousands systems, thanks to the implementation of rural energy services companies.
Recent technological innovation could contribute to the acceleration of the diffusion of solar photovoltaic. The innovation introduced by the massive diffusion of mobile phones in developing countries tends simultaneously to create new markets for small photovoltaic systems and could improve the conditions for the diffusion of these systems by facilitating the daily management of these systems by rural energy services companies. Furthermore, Light Emitting Diodes (LED) technology opens new perspectives of self-sustained market diffusion.
The implementation of small rural energy services companies can also help to disseminate a wider range of products: LPG, cookstoves, biodigesters... New practices from rural energy providers tend to target more precisely the demand of end-users by combining the offer of photovoltaic systems with a variety of technologies to satisfy other energy needs than basic lighting in rural areas.
Concrete case studies from the dissemination of different renewable energy technologies in developing countries will be presented, notably in Zambia, South Africa, Bangladesh, China...
It will conclude with the institutional and regulatory framework that needs to be implemented to help rural energy services companies to thrive even in the most remote areas of developing countries.
7 Tips to Beautiful PowerPoint by @itseugenecEugene Cheng
Short talk about presentations given at Startup Dynamo, a workshop held by Startup@Singapore NUS using the Learn Startup Methodology.
My segment was on Presentation Design to make an impact on VCs. Many thanks to @ryanlou for the invite. And not to forget Emiland De Cubber for his amazing slide deck inspirations and invaluable advice. Disclaimer: this is a reimagination off some of Emiland's presentations. I do not make any money of this.
Download for just a tweet: http://goo.gl/fbM4j
Want something similar done for your next pitch? Contact me at my site: http://itseugene.me/contact/
Energy Solutions: Examining the energy solutions approach provided by Utility...4 All of Us
This workshop will focus on the types of energy procurement available including fixed, flexible,
portfolio and semi-flexible contracts. The aim is to guide you through the energy monitoring and
reduction services that are available to reduce consumption and associated costs, whilst providing
information on legislative obligations within the education sector. We will also discuss recent
examples of energy solutions implemented in a range of educational establishments across the UK.
Examples will include successes from Barking & Dagenham College, Craven College, New College
Durham and Bradford University. The workshop will provide information on energy solutions which
have made real savings, reduced consumption and created long standing behavioural changes
within the education sector.
Our Energy Procurement Brochure, providing a brief overview of the various purchasing strategies we are able to offer, our approach to tendering and negotiation, and how we support our clients in managing energy their contracts.
Financing energy storage - Masterclass By MACQUARIEDavide Bonomi
This presentation was presented at the masterclass session during 11th Energy Storage World Forum in 2018, Berlin.
Financing energy storage - Masterclass by Macqurie focuses on energy markets changes and how they affect corporations:
- Adoption of battery storage
- Typical revenue streams
- Frequency response
- DUoS & TRIADs
- Overlooking UK Capacity Market
If you’d like to get a deep industry insights and learn in person from energy storage professionals, join our next masterclass at https://energystorageforum.com/register
The days of a procurement officer working alone to sign long-term energy contracts are drawing to a close. Same with an operations manager deciding to pursue an LED lighting retrofit. Or a sustainability director who enters into a PPA with a wind developer.
And it’s not because there’s no value in these pursuits. They each have immense worth. But they can be so much more transformative when they are managed as a cohesive strategy.
This corporate presentation provides an overview of Thermal Energy International's (TSX-V: TMG) financial summary from 2015 to the last twelve months (LTM) of fiscal year 2021 Q1. It also looks at TEI's investment highlights, energy-saving and carbon emission reduction products and solutions, and recent progress. For more information, visit http://www.thermalenergy.com/investors.html
2. History of Unified Energy
Unified Energy Group
August 2008
In 2005, full
production sales of
our completely
automated real-time
price control and
demand response
system began.
In January of 2008,
RTP partnered with
Gatekeeper Systems,
RTP now called Vexia
In 2000, we filed our
first patent in real-time
price control, laying a
foundation of strong
intellectual property.
Patents Production Partnership Expansion
Company History
Acquisition
Tullett Prebon
acquires Unified
Energy – Unified
brand remains
3. Unified Energy Services
History
• More than 150 years of combined financial, wholesale, retail, and supply side energy experience
• International leader in power purchasing and negotiations
• Specialize in price discovery and timely market assessments simplifying the purchase and management
of energy.
• Navigate complex energy markets and buying energy more cost effectively
• Holistic approach to energy procurement, demand side management, demand response and facility
management
Unified Energy is acquired by Tullett Prebon
• Tullett Prebon, rated #1 interdealer commodities broker in the world, rated #1 in 25 commodity categories
in 2012, and rated #1 in Electricity Products for 2012
http://www.tullettprebon.com/products/prod_energy.aspx
• Tullett Prebon is a public company based out of the U.K. with annual revenue in excess of 1 Billion
Dollars. Here is a link to their 2011 Annual Report
www.tullettprebon.com/Announcements/.../2012/RA20120731.pdf
10. Proprietary Demand Response
The following green and yellow “blocks” above represent the wholesale allocations associated with a daily load
profile of a University. Wholesale markets transact in whole megawatts of power in amounts of 7x24 (first
number days; second number hours), 5x16, 7x8 and 2x16. If you are on a fixed price product, the retail energy
provider buys these blocks for both your load as well as their entire portfolio. You can also buy these blocks on
your own in a take-or-pay product. The gray area above shows either what is not hedged, or what reductions
can be made to create the long position for the supplier.
By implementing the strategy above, we create a voluntary program that you control. Decisions are made based
upon specific monetary decisions. Because the program is not ISO based, you cannot be penalized or removed
for underperformance or otherwise incorrectly participating. Additionally, there are no base-lines that have to be
proven to a third-party, rather we show the hedged load versus the curtailed load and settle based on index
prices. You receive 100 percent of the reduction in consumption as a further cost reduction.
In order to best determine options for curtailments, our team will meet with the applicable facility management
staffs and do due diligence on how the systems and infrastructure integrate. Then round-table with your staff to
discuss the options we have found and more importantly which options we may have missed. Opposed to other
companies in the demand response space, we know that your team understands your assets better than we do
as well as what they can and cannot afford. We encourage their input every step of the way.
15. Demand Response Event
Index Mitigation
Curtail at high index prices and receive share of transparent value
Creates value that is a multiple of capacity option payments
Customized to customer ability to curtail and to turn retail product into wholesale value
16. Unified Energy Services
Proprietary Demand Response
• Voluntary economic demand response program embedded into the commodity procurement agreement
• Day ahead notice, *No penalties or time limitations* No obligations to curtail
• Shared compensation programs that work to create long positions for REPs
• Much larger returns than restrictive ISO Programs
• Take advantage of the commodity markets when prudent for BAIN, not just for the grid
Depending on the selected retail energy provider and the contract put into place, we will create a voluntary program
where defined curtailment amounts create transparent, market based compensation back to Bain. Effectively, we
create a no-risk long position for the retail energy provider that can be sold back into the index market. The
following is a diagram of what we are proposing:
Yellow: Index prices
Blue: Hedged load from LSE*
Green: New consumption line
Gray: Value from selling into Index
* Load Scheduling Entity
18. Wholesale
Procurement
• EEI and ISDAs brokerage
• Large and small market
makers
• Margins clear within 45
days of contract signing
Immediate dollars
available thru the
wholesale trades
Retail
Procurement
• 75+ suppliers
• Large and small market
makers
• Multiple product
structures and terms
Immediate
savings versus
existing contracts
or tariff
Demand-Side
Project Work
• Lighting retrofits
• Cogen and solar
projects
• ISO and proprietary
demand response
Demand reduction
projects and
carbon footprint
reduction
Wholesale, Retail and Project Work
19. Disbursement of Funding Via Wholesale Trade
LOA
REP
REP
REP
REP
REP
REP
REP
REP
Contract
Executed
Contract
UE
Paid
Wholesale
Margin
Clears in
Full within
45 days of
contract
UE Paid
Monthly by
Winning REP
After
Customer
Pays Bills
1) Assume 7c/kWh existing contract. Market rate at
5c/kWh. Move to 5.5c/kWh instead of 5c/kWh.
2) Assume 200,000 mWh hedge
3) Include $5/mWh in wholesale hedge
4) Transparent contract between Tullett Prebon and
Bain for increased wholesale margin
5) $1,000,000 to Customer within 45 days of contract
execution…interest-free and unamortized
Customer
21. Energy management is comprehensive,
not singular
Unified Energy
Metering
Technologies
Building
Automation
Systems
Utility
Management
& Analysis
Best
Practices &
Conservation
Energy
Management
Systems
22. Energy Star
Certification
Proactive Cost
Saving Strategies
Best Practice
Conservation
Initiatives
Energy Management
Organization
Monitoring
Historical Data
Comparison
Analysis
Contract
Compliance
Full Bill Auditing
Data Services
Exception
Processing
Advocacy
Competitiveness &
Economic
Development
Renewable
Energy &
Sustainability
Public Energy
Policy
Utility Rate Case
Representation
Spectrum of Unified Energy Services
33. Additional Premium Services
• Tariff analysis
• Quarterly reviews
• Budgeting
• Energy Star registration and
certification
• Energy bill payment
• Annual review certification
• Historical bill audit
• Energy policy creation
• Sub-metering
• Assessment and audit
34. Unified Energy Data Management Services Results
Natural Gas Midstream Company
• Analysis of tariff & other service options
• Time of Use tariff savings of $28,000+ per year
Major hospital system
• Savings of almost $1M from bill auditing in first year
Large corporation
• Refund of $350,000 from bill auditing the first year
Oil Producer
• Integrated bill processing with internal accounting system
• Saved 18% due to tariff analysis and correction of invoice calculations
• $75,000 Refund due to incorrect metering found
Retail Store chain – 14% Savings w/tariff analysis
• Identified Peak Shaving Strategy
• Recommended Tariff Schedule Change
35. Commodity Procurement
Consistent and verifiable
market settlements
National footprint for
market participation
Low hurdles for entry into
demand response
Fast installations and
market participation
Demand Response
The ability to shape retail
load to match wholesale
supply
Mitigates risk associated
with index markets
Moves beyond energy
conservation to
synchronize energy use
with market prices &
events
Energy Structuring
Conclusion
Unified’s national footprint
for electricity and natural
gas
Immediate opportunities
for year over year savings
and managed planning
In-depth knowledge of
markets leads to better
pricing and overall
decision making
36. Thank you for your time and
hospitality.
Do You Have
Any Questions?
