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ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Energy management is the means to control and reduce your organization’s energy consumption.

And maintaining and reducing your organization’s energy consumption is crucial because it enables you to reduce costs – this is becoming increasingly important as energy costs rise.

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What & Why

Energy Management Consulting Services​

Energy management consulting works by providing expert advice and services to help organizations optimize their energy usage, reduce costs, and improve sustainability.

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How Energy Management Works:

Energy management is tracking and optimizing energy consumption to conserve usage in a building. The first steps involve collecting and analyzing continuous data.

Then, identify optimizations in equipment schedules, setpoints, and flow rates to improve energy efficiency.

  • Go with the easy wins. Considerable savings can be achieved through low- to no-cost projects.
  • Seek out software solutions. 
  • Think about third parties. 
  • Keep an eye on O&M. 

Benefits & Results

TPI's Energy Management Consultants Areas of Specialization

TPI Consultants work to:
Assess and analysis: We evaluate a client’s current energy consumption patterns, costs, and infrastructure. This involves:

  • Conducting energy audits
  • Analyzing utility bills and usage data
    – Assessing existing equipment and systems
  • Identifying inefficiencies and areas for improvement

Strategy development:

Our consultants develop customized energy management strategies tailored to each client’s specific needs and goals, based on a comprehensive assessment. This may include:

  • Setting energy reduction targets
  • Recommending energy-efficient technologies and practices
  • Developing implementation plans for energy-saving measures
  • Creating long-term energy policies

Implementation support:

Our team assists clients in implementing recommended solutions, which may involve:

  • Installing energy-efficient equipment
  • Optimizing existing systems
  • Implementing energy management software
  • Training staff on energy-saving practices
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Ongoing monitoring and optimization:
TPI’s Energy Consultants provide continuous support to ensure the effectiveness of implemented strategies. This includes:

  • Tracking energy consumption and costs
  • Analyzing performance data
  • Making adjustments to improve results
  • Keeping clients informed about regulatory changes and market trends

Reporting and communication:

Your consultant will prepare detailed reports and presentations to communicate findings, recommendations, and results to our clients.

This helps in:

  • Demonstrating the impact of energy-saving measures
  • Justifying investments in energy efficiency
  • Educating stakeholders on energy management best practices

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ENERGY RISK MANAGEMENT

Energy risk management involves identifying, evaluating, and analyzing risk associated with unpredictability and volatility in the energy commodity and regulatory markets and aligning energy product choice and operational strategy.

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What & Why

What Types of Risks Affect the Energy Market?

The utility industry faces new challenges, including growing global demands and geopolitical impacts on that global market. Additional risks to the energy market include: 

  • Escalating the financial impact of shutdowns and severe weather events. 
  • Balancing supply and demand. 
  • Increasing complexity. 
  • Emerging customer preferences are influencing stakeholder priorities, decisions, and strategies.

Our foundation for managing energy is keeping a pulse on the changing market conditions and our clients’ budgetary requirements, combined with risk tolerance. 

As ESG and sustainability goals come into focus for many of our clients, our energy consultants have included this as part of TPI’s Risk Management.  

Other market threats include: 

  • Global warming and climate change. 
  • Public policy and regulation. 
  • Cyber threats
  • Tariffs
  • Catastrophic events

Services for Eenergy Risk Management and why is that a good thing for a Business to Consider

TPI Efficiency offers a comprehensive suite of energy risk management services designed to help businesses navigate the volatility and uncertainty inherent in energy markets. These include:

  • Risk Management Strategies: TPI identifies, evaluates, and analyzes risks associated with energy price fluctuations, severe weather, supply/demand imbalances, geopolitical events, regulation changes, cyber threats, tariffs, and catastrophic events. They create tailored solutions based on your budget, risk tolerance, and operational needs.
  • Managed Energy Purchasing: TPI develops and executes customized buying strategies, blending fixed-rate contracts with variable market exposure. This approach helps clients lock in favorable rates during volatile periods and capitalize on market dips to save potentially.
  • Continuous Market Monitoring: TPI tracks changing market conditions, advising clients on purchase timing and contract structures, and adjusting strategies as business needs evolve.
  • Carbon-Free and Renewable Energy Solutions: TPI offers access to carbon-free products and renewable energy credits, helping businesses meet sustainability and ESG goals while managing financial risk.
  • Efficiency Audits & Capital Projects: Free, vendor-neutral energy audits identify cost-saving and efficiency opportunities tailored to each client’s operations.
  • Consulting and Dedicated Account Management: Clients receive regular account reviews, quarterly check-ins, and ongoing education on trends, rebates, and new services that lower costs and mitigate risk.
  • Utility Bill Audits, Demand Response, and Rebates: TPI manages contracts, audits utility bills, pursues rebates and rider exemptions, and develops demand response programs for additional risk mitigation and savings.

Why is Energy Risk Management Valuable for Businesses?

  • Budget Stability: Protects against unpredictable spikes in energy costs by locking in rates or using market strategies, providing budget certainty.
  • Operational Resilience: Minimizes exposure to market shocks, severe weather events, and regulatory changes that can impact operations.
  • Profitability: Facilitates cost control and efficiency gains, positively impacting the bottom line.
  • Strategic Flexibility: Allows businesses to capitalize on low market prices and remain agile as market conditions change.
  • Sustainability: Supports ESG and carbon reduction goals, enhancing reputation and compliance with emerging regulations.

Incorporating energy risk management is a smart move for businesses—it optimizes costs, reduces exposure to market volatility, and aligns operations with long-term financial and sustainability goals.

What & Why

TPI Electricity Procurement Services Include:

We Know The Importance Of Delivering The Best Customer Experience.

Risk Management

TPI Efficiency offers a comprehensive suite of energy risk management services designed to help businesses navigate the volatility and uncertainty inherent in energy markets. These include: Custom Risk Management Strategies, Managed Energy Purchasing, Continuous Market Monitoring

Supply Rate Negotation

Actively manage and control your energy spend through having supplier choice, contract flexibility, and risk mitigation strategies, rather than being bound to your utility's default rates and terms.

Demand Response

Allows customers to reduce their electricity usage and demand in response to power grid needs, your business will be compensated for your participation.

Renewable Energy Consulting

Purchasing renewable energy (RECs) is critical for most sustainability or carbon footprint reduction strategies. TPI assists companies in navigating the complex marketplace and steers them towards meeting their clean energy goals.

Interested in Carbon-Free Energy?

A Carbon-Free Product, or Emissions Free Energy Credits (EFECs), represents the emission-free attributes generation, which do not directly emit greenhouse gases from combustion.

Our consultants are ready to help you go carbon-free.

Additional Tools:

• Efficiency Audits

• Capital Efficiency Projects

• Market Monitoring and Updates

Benefits & Results

What are the Key Benefits of Managing Energy?

Our foundation for managing energy is keeping a pulse on the changing market conditions and our clients’ budgetary requirements, combined with risk tolerance. 

As ESG and sustainability goals come into focus for many of our clients, our energy consultants have included this as part of TPI’s Risk Management.  

 

Other market threats include: 

  • Global warming and climate change. 
  • Public policy and regulation. 
  • Cyber threats
  • Tariffs
  • Catastrophic events

Benefits & Results

Each organization will benefit from a procurement strategy that works to meet its own unique energy goals.

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Your TPI energy consultant will advise you on the best time to look into a new contract (hint – the sooner, the better options).
 

TPI acts as an objective expert on energy procurement for you. We are vendor-neutral, which means we are not biased towards any supplier.

Instead, we work on behalf of our clients to get the best fit for their energy needs and budgetary requirements.

TPI consultants pride themselves on being well-versed in the nuances of the energy market across the U.S.

What makes TPI Different

INSIGHT CONSULTING

Insights consulting within energy management and sustainability is a specialized service that helps organizations optimize their energy use, reduce costs, and improve their environmental performance.

TPI’s energy consultants analyze data, perform audits, and provide expert recommendations to help clients achieve their sustainability goals.

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What & Why

TPI Efficiency’s Insights Consulting service provides data-driven strategies to optimize energy efficiency and asset management. 

This service is designed to help clients make informed decisions about their energy usage and infrastructure. TPI Efficiency’s consultants review clients’ energy spending and offer options to optimize facilities’ energy consumption as part of their comprehensive approach. 

The Insights Consulting team leverages data analysis to develop tailored solutions that address specific client needs, focusing on improving energy efficiency and managing assets more effectively.

Benefits & Results

Consulting Key strategies

TPI Efficiency optimizes energy consumption through a comprehensive approach that includes several key strategies:

  • Energy Management Services:
    TPI consultants review clients’ energy spend and provide options to optimize facilities’ energy consumption. This involves conducting energy audits, analyzing utility bills, and assessing existing equipment and systems to identify inefficiencies.

  • Data-Driven Insights:
    The company uses continuous data collection and analysis to identify equipment schedule, setpoints, and flow rate optimizations to improve energy efficiency. Their Insights Consulting service provides data-driven strategies to optimize energy efficiency and asset management.
  • Customized Solutions:
    TPI develops tailored energy management strategies based on each client’s needs and goals. This includes setting energy reduction targets, recommending energy-efficient technologies, and creating long-term energy policies.

  • Implementation Support:
    The company assists clients in implementing recommended solutions, such as installing energy-efficient equipment, optimizing existing systems, and implementing energy management software.

  • Ongoing Monitoring and Optimization:
    TPI provides continuous support to ensure the effectiveness of implemented strategies by tracking energy consumption and costs, analyzing performance data, and making adjustments to improve results.

  • Technological Solutions:
    TPI offers various technological solutions to optimize energy consumption, including:
    • LED lighting upgrades, which can significantly reduce kWh usage
    • Advanced HVAC solutions with intelligent building management systems
    • Power quality electrical control systems that recycle otherwise wasted power and optimize voltage throughout the facility

  • Demand Response Programs:
    TPI helps clients participate in demand response programs, allowing them to reduce electricity usage during peak demand periods and potentially create additional revenue streams.

  • Renewable Energy Integration:
    The company provides consulting services for integrating renewable energy sources like solar and wind, which can help optimize overall energy consumption and costs.

By combining these strategies, TPI Efficiency helps clients achieve significant reductions in energy consumption, often resulting in substantial cost savings and improved sustainability performance.

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Advocating For Your Business. Always.

TPI Efficiency can help businesses with on-site Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) by leveraging its comprehensive energy management services. While TPI Efficiency primarily focuses on energy consulting, procurement, and sustainability solutions, its expertise can be adapted to support businesses in integrating BESS into their energy strategies. Here’s how TPI can assist:

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Objective Guidance

As a vendor-neutral advisor, TPI offers objective guidance tailored to each client’s unique needs, advocating to identify the best-fit solutions across a wide range of offerings.

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Services & Solutions​

Our services encompass strategic sustainability planning, renewable energy procurement, energy monitoring and audits, lighting and HVAC upgrades, power quality management, financial analysis, utility rate optimization, and more. 

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Energy Strategies

TPI’s expertise spans renewable energy options like solar, wind, and hydropower, as well as strategies for emissions reductions, energy efficiency improvements, building management, electrical system optimization, and sustainable project funding. ​

OUR TEAM OF ENERGY PROFESSIONALS CAN ADVISE YOU ON PROJECTS INCLUDING:

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Demand Response

Demand Response programs have been developed to address big commercial and industrial customers, taking into account the significant share of the total energy demand that comes from buildings and their cooling/heating needs.

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Renewable Energy Consulting

With lower costs and government incentives for renewable electricity generation, solar and wind generation is increasing across the globe.

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project funding support

Investing upfront in a project can be daunting, but TPI has financing solutions to make energy efficiency affordable and obtainable.

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power quality

Eliminate voltage events like sags, blips, spikes, and surges!

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Thermal energy Storage

TPI Efficiency offers a comprehensive range of electrical solutions for various commercial and industrial needs.

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Green e-recs

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) contribute to reducing carbon emissions

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Sustainability consulting

We're versed in turning your operations and assets into shining examples of environmental responsibility.

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HVAC SOLUTIONS

A comprehensive range of cutting-edge HVAC solutions designed to optimize energy consumption, reduce costs, and enhance indoor comfort.

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BATTERY STORAGE SOLUTIONS

We help businesses navigate the market for energy storage solutions, including identifying suitable battery technologies.

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Turnkey ev charging solutions

Is your building ready for electric vehicles?  Let us develop and install your EV charging solutions

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building management solutions

From energy monitoring to building envelope solutions, TPI is an industry leader in solutions from clients across all industries.

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solar energy solutions

Our experts will look at energy and usage rates as part of our risk-free audit. And we will advise of local, state, and federal incentives along with assessing your rooftop and solar field options.

CLIENT SUCCESS STORIES

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ENERGY | PROCUREMENT

Strategizing energy purchases in today’s market can be an enigma. With prices swinging due to supply, weather, and global politics, timing is everything. Discover how TPI is revolutionizing energy procurement for businesses like yours!​

TPI works on behalf of its clients as an extension of their team to help achieve their goals.

Comprehensive

Our professional energy consultants offer assistance and advice in managing your procurement goals.

Vendor-Neutral

Receive objective advice and access to over 150 vendors to source the most cost-effective solutions for your enterprise. We work for you, not the energy suppliers.

Custom Solutions

Develop a custom buying strategy based on your needs. Suppliers bid for your business. You see the savings.

Future-Proof Planning

With access to hundreds of tier-1 vendors, TPI provides vendor-neutral recommendations to drive cost savings, reduce environmental impact, and future-proof operations through innovative solutions. 

Committed To Your Business

Organizations partner with TPI because of its industry-leading customer service, objective advice, and commitment to helping clients achieve their energy and sustainability goals.

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Trusted Partners

With access to over 150 suppliers and decades of experience, we help organizations reduce operating costs, improve efficiency, and achieve environmental goals through tailored strategies and objective advice. TUG’s longstanding presence in Cincinnati and Dayton, paired with TPI’s established operations in Cleveland, means we now offer our clients an even broader geographic reach and enhanced resources.