SERVICES and TOOLS
Energy Procurement & Management
We start by analyzing your usage patterns, anticipated increases and decreases
in volume, and your organization’s ability and willingness to control its usage.
We then examine market conditions, market outlook, and volatility before
assisting you in development of a procurement strategy using a variety of
purchasing and, if applicable, hedging vehicles.
We can take care of everything from designing RFPs to contract
negotiations and from interfacing with Utilities/Suppliers to handling
administrative details such as bill checking, tax audits, and rate schedule
confirmations.
Market Information
For those clients desiring up to date market information, White Pine can provide
information on both financial and physical markets as well as the anticipated
impact of regulatory and power pool (PJM) actions.
This market information can be customized to provide utility for our
clients, for example by overlaying a client’s typical Load Chart onto a Day
Ahead Market report.
Sub-Account Creation and Management (Specialty Service)
Clients who desire to manage their energy procurement more actively may benefit
from the creation of a Supplier Sub-Account, which offers a transparent and cost
effective way to interact directly with the wholesale energy markets through a
Retail Supplier. A Supplier held sub-account affords more direct control of
energy purchases without the administrative and collateral requirements
associated with establishing oneself directly as a PJM member. If deemed
beneficial, White Pine is able to secure the most cost effective Supplier and
actively manage Sub-Accounts on behalf of our client users.
Load Serving Entity (LSE) Development and Management
(Specialty Service)
For those clients who might benefit from this very specialized and advantageous
energy management approach, White Pine can handle all aspects of qualifying and
licensing a client to become an LSE, thus allowing them to transact business
directly within the PJM wholesale market. In this capacity, White Pine shall
interface with PJM to conduct load scheduling, credit management, settlements,
bill reconciliation and regulatory reporting.
We can implement and manage ARR/FTR strategies as well as hedging and
position strategies.
Energy Project Feasibility Studies, Funding and Development
White Pine is able to evaluate economic, financial and operational viability for
a wide range of energy projects ranging from on-site generation to utility scale
solar projects. We have the
resources required to finance, develop, and operate such projects.
Peak Day Signal Forecast Tool
White Pine clients have access to our proprietary peak demand-forecasting tool.
This tool allows clients to reduce their usage at those specific times most
likely to be used for Peak Load Contribution (PLC) calculations by PJM.
Strategic reduction in usage at the appropriate times may significantly
reduce capacity charge expenses for the forthcoming year and yield significant
energy savings.