Your community depends on the buildings, infrastructure, and services you operate every day. Managing their energy costs means balancing budgets, purchasing requirements, and changing needs across schools, public offices, streetlights, and water systems.
5 reviews your usage, contracts, and operating plans to recommend purchasing strategies and prepare energy budgets. We also help coordinate utility accounts, evaluate infrastructure options, and assess opportunities to manage demand-related costs so your team can make informed decisions about public funds.
Energy purchasing and bid support: Evaluate purchasing options and help manage bid processes based on applicable public procurement requirements.
Meter portfolio management: Coordinate energy accounts across large numbers of meters and locations, including recurring service turn-on and turn-off requests.
Streetlight ownership review: Compare city and utility ownership options for new streetlights, including costs and maintenance responsibilities.
Construction and utility coordination: Help coordinate temporary power poles, meter installation, utility service, and required inspection approvals for construction projects.
Power factor correction: Review power factor penalties and help evaluate corrective options based on equipment needs and project costs.
Peak demand management: Assess opportunities to adjust consumption during periods that affect demand-related costs, accounting for essential service requirements.
Time-of-use rate review: Evaluate rate structures for water pumping and other loads that can operate during off-peak hours.
Budgeting and reporting: Prepare annual energy budgets and reports using consumption history, contract terms, and anticipated operating changes.
Sustainability: Help develop, implement, and communicate an ESG strategy that incorporates energy purchasing and public infrastructure priorities.