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Category: Clients Case Studies Procurement Resiliency

Spotlight – Financial Institution’s New Approach to Energy Risk Management

November 12, 2020

Written By: 5

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A large financial institution with multiple facilities across the country began to work with 5 in 2016 to create a more substantive approach to managing its electricity costs. Prior to hiring 5, this Fortune 500 company waited until the end of its current electricity agreements before considering renewal opportunities.

5 partnered with the client to improve their electricity procurement process and to also support their other energy-related needs. This client was quick to understand the need to adopt a purchasing strategy that was based on managing price risk given their experience with loans, interest rates, and other financial instruments. 5’s energy advisory team reviewed the operating profile of their current facilities, in addition to examining their electricity budgets and price risk tolerance. This baseline assessment formed the foundation of this client’s new procurement strategy.

The new purchasing plan adopted by this financial institution relied heavily on market insights from 5’s proprietary energy market platform, Level5, to make better buying decisions. These buying decisions were based on market technical and fundamental analyses as opposed to waiting until the end of a given contract to make those purchases. 5 was also instrumental in adding and negotiating favorable language to this client’s new electricity agreements. Additionally, this client looked to 5 for support services beyond commodity procurement. These services include electricity bill audits and identifying power factor correction opportunities to lower their demand charges.

5 is privileged to work with this client, applying similar risk management principles for energy procurement that this institution uses for managing its exposure to volatile financial markets.

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