More Than $3 Billion in Electricity & Natural Gas Contracts Managed Since 2004
Know what, when, and how to buy energy as a real-time wholesale commodity. With EAI, large organizations have direct access to wholesale energy trading and origination markets, backed by industry regulated engineering expertise to manage the entire utilities portfolio.
Independent. Innovative. Results-Driven.
"Our primary goal is to satisfy each client's identified needs with innovative, affordable, and sustainable solutions."
Energy Associates Inc. (EAI) is an independent Canadian-based energy management company with subsidiary and associate relationships in North America, and select international markets in Asia-Oceania and Africa.
The energy utilities industry is complex and constantly changing, yet our story is simple. Since energy deregulation began in North America, organizations have struggled to find effective supply procurement and management: knowing what, when, and how to buy electricity and natural gas as a traded wholesale commodity. EAI was built to solve exactly that.
Energy is one of the largest operating expenses in any organization, and managing it well takes expertise, resources, and dedication. We deliver that as a virtual extension of our clients' operations team, for a nominal fraction of their overall utilities budget.
Explore Our ServicesNo Conflicts of Interest
We hold no trading positions nor are we affiliated with any energy suppliers or producers. Every recommendation is made entirely in the client's interest.
Live-Market Expertise
Direct access to wholesale trading markets with live-screen insight, so clients know what, when, and how to buy across all NGX hubs, without the risks associated to trading and delivery.
A Managed Energy Strategy
We manage the entire energy supply chain from origination and wholesale procurement, to physical delivery and retail services by suppliers, including the regulated delivery charges that make up a significant portion of every bill.
A Virtual Extension of Your Team
Second-to-none utilities portfolio management service that integrates with your operations, delivered for a nominal fraction of your utilities budget.
A Permit Holder with the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Alberta
As an APEGA permit holder, EAI practises energy engineering to the highest industry-regulated professional standard. This licensed accountability underpins everything we do, from energy product and market design through live wholesale procurement, and sets our advice apart from a simple transaction.
Integrated Energy
Management Services
EAI provides specialized commodity energy procurement and portfolio management to large customers and utilities in North America's deregulated markets. A leading independent commodity energy supply management company in Canada, we operate in all NGX trading hubs and have managed over US$3 billion of electricity and natural gas supply contracts in the wholesale origination and over-the-counter trading markets.
Large industrial operators including pipeline companies, railways, and infrastructure owners managing energy across dozens of facilities each with its own utility account, rate structure, and billing risk. EAI applies the same engineering standard we bring to supply management to verify billing accuracy, optimize site level performance, and give operators a clear picture of their utilities costs across every jurisdiction.
EAI consults on a wide range of electric industry regulation and market restructuring matters. We design and develop electricity markets focused on least-cost, safe and reliable supply that is open, fair and equitable for all participants, with the efficient integration of renewables, energy storage and distributed generation.
A Managed Energy Strategy
We have a proven track record of managing our clients' commodity price and delivery risk while optimizing their facility operations against evolving industry, regulatory and market factors. We manage their entire energy supply chain from origination and wholesale energy procurement, to physical delivery and retail services by suppliers.
Licensed & Insured
An APEGA permit holder, accountable to a professional engineering standard.
Independent & Unbiased
No commodity position, no secondary interest. Our only stake is the client's outcome.
Whole-Portfolio View
How you use energy impacts how you buy energy, and vice versa. We bring this perspective across every aspect of the energy supply chain.
Actively Managed
Live-screen market insight and ongoing oversight since 2004, with active operations in Alberta and Ontario and client engagements across British Columbia, Saskatchewan and select US markets.
Rooted in Canada,
Working Across Markets
EAI is Canadian-based, with subsidiary and associate relationships across North America's major energy markets and select international engagements in Asia-Oceania and Africa.
Discuss Your MarketNorth America
Active across Canada's major energy markets, with deep expertise in Alberta and Ontario's evolving market structures, and client engagements in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Active in select US deregulated markets.
Asia-Oceania
Select engagements supporting electricity market development and deregulation across emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
Africa
Strategic consulting focused on developing least-cost, reliable electricity supply to support economic and population growth.
Let's talk about your
energy portfolio
If you have any enquiries related to our professional services, our team would be pleased to discuss your energy needs, share examples of our work, and perform an independent market performance review of your utilities portfolio.