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Energy Procurement Tips

“Rigged” Against You: Why Falling Rig Counts Are a Strong Energy “Buy” Signal for Your Business

05.23.23

In its Natural Gas Weekly Update for May 17, 2023, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted that earlier this month, “the natural gas rig count decreased by 16 to 141 rigs, the largest...

Case Studies

Performance Forge Gains Price Relief, Budget Certainty with Transparent Energy’s Procurement Process

05.17.23

Operating in one of the most challenging natural gas markets in the U.S., Southern California-based Performance Forge, a producer of conventional and precision aluminum and titanium forgings, felt trapped by...

Sustainability

A Prescription for More Affordable and Sustainable Healthcare Operations: Strategic Energy Procurement

05.10.23

By Paul Shagawat, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Transparent Energy Helping large energy buyers procure electricity, natural gas, and renewables is our mission and purpose at Transparent Energy, and over our nearly decade-and-a-half...

Energy Procurement Tips

Buy! Buy! Buy! (Summer is Coming, and so are Higher Energy Prices)

04.28.23

In the blink of an eye, summer will be here. And, if the Energy Information Administration is right, so will higher energy prices. It is predicting a Q3 natural-gas price increase that...

Case Studies

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Turns to Transparent Energy’s Online Reverse Auctions for Successful Energy Procurement

03.29.23

Like many big hotels, the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Center City, Philadelphia – one of the largest hotels in the U.S. at a full-city-block long, 23-stories, 1,400 guest-rooms, and a...

Case Studies

Getting Started: Energy Audit Reveals Glitch, Uncovers Savings Opportunity

03.27.23

When the private-equity firm that owned TruFood Manufacturing (TruFood) recommended the services of Transparent Energy to Brad Balkovec, TruFood’s CFO, it did so from experience. Working with Transparent Energy, the...

Energy Procurement Tips

Consider Buying Now: You Won’t Get Hurt Falling out the Basement Window!

03.13.23

Recent Wall Street Journal headlines (and subheads) capture a lot of the drama playing out in today’s energy markets and reveal much about what large energy users need to consider as they...

Energy Markets

Energy Price Dip: What to Know and What to Watch Out For

11.17.22

Back in August, natural gas prices had crested the $9.00/MMBtu mark. Today, as this article goes to press, natural gas futures are pricing in the $5s. What?! Yes, you did...

Sustainability

The Energy Inflection Points Driving Change at Private Equity Firms, REITS, Investment Banks, and Fortune 1000 Companies

10.05.22

by Paul Shagawat, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Transparent Energy I believe 2022 will go down as a year of “inflection points” in the energy industry. For those of you who have...

Case Studies

Great Energy Buying Decisions Built on Data and Trust

09.27.22

Jason Beyer, CEO and owner of ABF Packing, a leading meat processing and packing outfit based in Dublin, TX, is accustomed to taking the lead. An influential member of the...

Energy Procurement Tips

Scared by Today’s Energy Prices? Know Your Options!

09.01.22

A recent article in Natural Gas Intelligence, a daily publication tracking natural-gas prices, began: “A confluence of entrenched domestic demand, mounting calls for U.S. exports of LNG and modest production growth – all...

Energy Procurement Tips

TOTALLY AVOIDABLE: Never Let Energy “Sticker Shock” Happen Again

06.23.22

If your energy contract ends in the next 18 months, you should be in emergency mode to manage away from risk and start budgeting for potentially large energy-price increases. And...