Contracting for Energy Management Outsourcing
Brad L. Peterson, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Brad Peterson discusses current thinking on energy management outsourcing contracts.
Research & Insight
Research & Insight
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How Outsourcing Helped AT&T Lower Its Energy Costs
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
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.
Outsourcing a Process Co-Generates Savings
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
It all started with deregulation. Outsourcing the entire process fuels savings.
Supplier Supplies Capital, Engineers to Save Energy and Money
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
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.
The Heat Is On for Energy Management Outsourcing
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
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.