What do you need in order to reduce energy costs? | White Paper
INFORMATION! Learn how to get the information you need to turn your energy resources into power.
INFORMATION! Learn how to get the information you need to turn your energy resources into power.
Brad Peterson discusses current thinking on energy management outsourcing contracts.
With supply shortages creating a surge in natural gas prices and deregulation jacking up electricity costs, big power users found their energy costs soaring this year. The bills did go up at AT&T, but not by the magnitude of other corporate users.
It all started with deregulation. Outsourcing the entire process fuels savings.
Farmland Industries, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest co-op agribusiness cooperative in the U.S. In addition to the brand Farmland Foods, the company makes nitrogen- and phosphate-based fertilizers. Because the company uses a tremendous amount of natural gas, it has its own risk management operation. Its energy traders evaluate the price situation, working with various commodity traders, and then take futures positions in the natural gas commodity market.
California’s skyrocketing energy costs and energy price volatility all across the U.S. have turned the spotlight on energy costs, and that’s a good thing for energy management outsourcing providers.