How Probable is it That Your Load Forecast is Wrong? The past cold snap in Texas brought back a few memories of the winter and summer black swan events in ERCOT the past couple of years. The importance of weather norms and accurate forecasts are critical to the energy industry and energy suppliers have their
Weather Forecast Accuracy, the Ever-Present Challenge for Suppliers - Read more
One year ago, Winter Storm Uri caused catastrophic damage to Texas resulting in power loss for more than 4.5 million people and roughly 57 people died from hypothermia.1 The record-setting storm plunged the state into below-freezing temperatures for over a week. It’s estimated the economic toll Texas sustained ranged from $80-$130 billion due to power
Keeping the Lights On Isn’t Only ERCOT’s Responsibility - Read more
Photo courtesy of Weather.com In February 2021, a large portion of the United States was impacted by Winter Storm Uri which brought snow, ice and punishing cold to the center of the country, triggering electricity and natural gas price spikes across a number of states. The public narrative after Winter Storm Uri has generally been
Since I founded the company in 2013 with Larry Leikin, I have run the past 16 Energy Marketing Conferences. Attendees always tell me great stories about how they participated in our events and how it helped them grow their businesses. Long-time supporter and attendee, Peter Muzsi from Core Development Group (the Afternoon Break Sponsor at
Key Reasons to Attend Live Energy Marketing Conferences by Jack Doueck - Read more
We would like to congratulate the winner of the 2021 EMC Leadership and Integrity Award! Bill Kinneary accepting the award on behalf of Georgia Natural Gas The nine nominees for the annual EMC Leadership and Integrity Award were companies who made remarkable contributions to their local communities and to the country. They have all shown
EMC Announces the Winner of the 2021 Leadership and Integrity Award! - Read more
The pace of change in the energy sector continues to accelerate – and with NetZero and new distributed technologies contributing to huge operational advances and expectations for energy retailers, it’s time to take the next step forward in retail energy platforms. As energy retail evolves, collaboration with customers to innovate new features and products is
Future Ready Energy Billing in an Accelerating, Changing Sector - Read more
We have been searching for the genesis from where the acronym “REPs” came from. I think the word “Providers” subconsciously does not position most of our REPs for higher success. I do not think our REPs provide anything. I believe they are Retail Energy Marketers (REMs). I am glad that our friends at EMC introduced
Retail Energy Providers (REPs) or RE Marketers (REMs)? - Read more
The energy business is a profitable industry, as there is always a global demand for its goods and services. Meanwhile, time dictates new rules and priorities in this sphere. A professional college essay editor from https://essay-editor.net/, providing editing services online, often gets tasks to edit research papers on this topic. For this post, he has
Energy Marketing Strategies to Attract Customers - Read more
Retail energy providers (REPs) are rushing to modernize their enterprise architecture in order to stay relevant to their customers. New products, services, and programs are rapidly transforming the industry. This transformation and the need to modernize almost always require a new core billing/CIS platform. However, while even a normal (non-retail energy) company would likely need
Retail Energy Modernization – What Do You Do with the Old Data? - Read more
