Supply Procurement & Portfolio Management
EAI provides specialized commodity energy procurement and portfolio management consulting services to large customers and utilities in North America’s deregulated energy markets. Our team members have actively managed over US$3 billion of electricity and natural gas supply contracts in the wholesale origination and over-the-counter trading markets. EAI is a leading independent commodity energy supply management company in Canada operating in all NGX trading hubs across North America serving government, institutional, industrial and commercial client sectors.
Our energy trading expertise and live-screen market insights have empowered clients to know what, when and how to buy energy as a wholesale commodity. Since 2001, our team has led the energy utilities industry with innovative procurement strategies to leverage wholesale trading market spreads and manage commodity and hub transport risk. These procurement strategies have also helped clients meet their sustainability goals to include renewable electricity and hydrogen. In robust deregulated electricity markets, we integrate demand-side and distributed generation opportunities to participate in grid dispatch and ancillary markets.
We offer total natural gas risk management from the pipeline-to-site for large industrial and distributed generation clients. This includes regulatory engagement, transport risk mitigation and storage optimization across all delivery and storage hubs in North America.
Beyond energy supply procurement, our active portfolio management service integrates all aspects of energy utilities including: supplier contracts management, energy reporting, utilities budget planning and design, energy efficiency project performance verification, operating reserves and regulatory advocacy (impacting transmission and distribution charges). We strive to become your strategic partner without any incremental investment in your energy utilities budget.
Some key advantages with EAI:
• energy procurement strategies that are aligned with opportunities in the wholesale origination and trading markets
• leverage live-market spread between competitive trading desks to further lower energy prices and transaction costs
• custom-designed energy products to mitigate commodity, carbon and other regulatory risks
• integrated strategies to incorporate renewable energy options and ancillary market opportunities
• industry leading expertise to lower regulated delivery charges through intervention or case applications with utility regulatory commissions. Our marketing team will be pleased to discuss your energy supply needs, share actual client examples of our work and perform an independent market performance review of your utilities’ portfolio.